I think this is something that all teachers and instructors would like to have answers to.

I think one way could be to engage the class as much as possible, maybe through the use of media (YouTube, videos, Social media). You could get the students to interact with the subject matter, or plan in some hands-on activities which could keep them interested.

An important thing to note is that even though the students may not be 100% quiet, but as long as they are on task and thinking/discussing about what is being taught, I think that will be considered a successful lesson.

Thank you Tan. Very well said. Other suggestions will be appreciated.

Hi, positive behaviour management strategies work well in higher education. Keeping them on task and busy is the mot important point, but also try some of the following tips for positive behaviour. https://www.teachervision.com/classroom-discipline/tips-achieving-maintaining-discipline

Thank you Bennett

You're welcome!

I will said, it start before the students enter the classroom it self. As a science teacher I always wait for my students outside the laboratory. To show them that I eager to meet them. They feel welcome and ready to learn. Every teachers have they own creative way. How we great them outside the classroom before start the class are very important to teenager. This will lead to changing of behavior where we can see if they really love the way we welcome them you will find they run and quickly come to your classroom.

To set the common ground rules agreed by all the students in that classroom at the beginning of the year is important. Make sure they are the one who agreed and we can set the rules and give choices for that. Discipline problem will be under control.

What ever approach used by the teacher always make sure students evaluate their learning outcome at the end of the lesson. This will create students responsibility towards their learning.

Flourish, inasmuch as technologies and associated measures may be propositioned for the enhancement of a disciplined learning environment, it is also crucial that sessions are inspiring and motivating such that students as well as tutors want to be in that environment. This implies that a lot of work needs to go into what makes teaching and learning sessions inspiring for people to want to learn, to contribute and to push the boundaries of knowledge acquisition even further. Interesting...

Due to the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus (pandemic Covid-19 disease) pandemic, in many countries teaching in colleges and schools has been turned into a remote form of online e-learning only. In the conditions of teaching in the form of e-learning, the activation of students for critical thinking, participation in discussions and teamwork is difficult. Activating students is an important issue in the education process. However, in e-learning conditions, it is difficult to improve activating pedagogical techniques. In order to activate students to actively participate in didactic classes, it is important to use new information media, new online media, including internet knowledge bases and social media portals, i.e. media used by young people on a daily basis. In addition, a good instrument for activating pupils and students is the use of didactic games, including computer games and simulators of specific processes learned during classes. It is important to adapt both the issues of didactic classes as well as the forms of classes and teaching instruments to the interests of pupils and students while maintaining correlation of class issues with the curriculum of the material being taught within the specific subject or field of study being taught. An important issue of activating pupils and students is the use of an extended range of practical classes, exercises conducted in laboratories, research classes and experiments carried out by pupils and students, practical classes in the open air and in companies and institutions cooperating with the school or university. Because currently in the conditions of home quarantine people, with their safety and others in mind, contact each other mainly remotely, via the Internet, so also certain forms of classes should be adapted to the specifics of remotely taught e-learning classes. Therefore, at present, it is first and foremost necessary to develop the improvement of pedagogical techniques that are implemented mainly or exclusively as part of e-learning as part of the education process. It is to be hoped that after the summer season, from September in schools or October 2020, the classes will be restored in traditional, full-time, face-to-face, in school and college buildings. Then, it will be possible to use and improve techniques of activating pupils and students to actively participate in didactic classes.

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Dariusz Prokopowicz