The unresolved classroom problem is a disturbing phenomenon, as well as perplexing scenario which needs reflective thinking for its clever solution. But when a teacher already knows precisely what to do to resolve the conflict, the difficulty can be lessened until it will boil down and finally vanish into thin air. But when a student has to think hard in order to be able to expand the perplexing situation, the difficulty becomes the worst problem which needs also an immediate pacification. The role of a teacher, doing the right thing in life takes guts and priority. It is very hard to do the right thing, especially when you are faced in a scenario that encapsulates classroom conflict and antagonism. The role also of a teacher can promote a positive and safe learning environment which is a prerequisite for peace, respecting the dignity and rights of all students.
Teacher and Students Encounter Conflicts
“To schools division superintendent and DepEd officials concerned, the problems, conflicts, etc. arising from day-to-day teaching experiences of the faculty members and learning experiences of the students were gradually resolved among teachers with utmost deliberation, scrutiny, fairness and judgment. Preliminary actions will be done and fully carried out through solutions of the problems, occurrences that need constant academic erudition, suggestions hurled during confrontations, educational implications, teaching-learning cues, and conclusions made during the group discussions.”
Discipline and classroom management seem to be the most under-taught in both private and public schools. A school head knows a number of teachers who go into the job with lots of theories, but no ideas on how to apply them in situations that involve problem-students and constant disruptions. Any principal of a public school tries his best to pan out with the school operations and instructional plans and objectives. He deals with the most emerging problems and situations encountered by the faculty members like dealing with difficulties in the classroom, encouraging civil behavior in small and large classes, managing classroom conflict, teacher’s credibility and handling disruptive students.
Problem Behavior in the Classroom
After the thorough deliberation on the inevitable scenarios that occurred during the teaching-learning process inside and outside the classroom, the principal makes suggestions and shares with his notions about the problems bandied about and consulted among the faculty members. During the confabs, other problems were slight but some were hard to tackle about which also need abrupt transactions and smart solutions. The conflicts are as follows:
1. Student and teacher problems. Teachers have found ways to pan out with good results due to their hardships or academic struggles. Here are the classroom problems, solutions, occurrences that need constant academic erudition, suggestions hurled during confrontations, educational implications, formatted teaching-learning cues, and conclusions made during group discussions.
2. Dealing with internal and external difficulties. The end of the school year can be so difficult for both teachers and students alike. The stress comes from nowhere and it sometimes leads to disengagement or even conflict in the classroom in the grind or the race to the last day of class. One teacher complained to me that only 10 students in an English class of 35 had read the short story he had assigned for discussion. For him, whatever the minor problem is, it is a test of his effectiveness as a teacher. He is able to convince students to continue to work with him on the agenda agreed on at the beginning of term. Others, unfortunately, (whether students or teachers), do not always see the end of school year as a challenge. The school year ends not with a bang but a whimper–cancelled classes, late papers, pleas for extensions, uninspired lectures, and uninspired and uninspiring work handed in.
3. The procrastination, poor study habits and skills, financial pressures, etc. Home and family responsibilities can make them appear as if the students are simply going through the motions of being members of the class. Similarly, writing final exams, marking term papers, submitting abstracts to journals or proposals to conferences, and applying for grants can make themselves busy at all times and can distance themselves the most with dedicated teachers from such engagements in the classrooms. The metaphor of any public or private learning institution as an intellectual factory stems in part from this kind of alienation.
The Role of a Teacher
To reiterate, doing the right thing in life takes logic, guts and priority. It is very difficult to do the right thing, especially when you are faced in a scenario that encapsulates classroom conflict and antagonism. The role also of a teacher can promote a positive and safe learning environment which is a prerequisite for peace, respecting the dignity and rights of all students.
