Comments on: Creating a positive learning environment https://www.mathedup.co.uk/creating-a-positive-learning-environment/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=creating-a-positive-learning-environment FOR YOUR MATHS TEACHING AND LEARNING NEEDS Mon, 07 Dec 2020 10:49:13 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.2.5 By: 2016 Bring It On | Webmaths https://www.mathedup.co.uk/creating-a-positive-learning-environment/#comment-3366 Thu, 07 Jan 2016 12:27:11 +0000 https://mathedup.co.uk/?p=3641#comment-3366 […] Creating a Positive Learning Environment by Mo Ladak where he gives 22 great strategies to help achieve this. Well worth a […]

]]> By: Creating a positive learning environment - Math... https://www.mathedup.co.uk/creating-a-positive-learning-environment/#comment-2974 Thu, 10 Sep 2015 20:07:10 +0000 https://mathedup.co.uk/?p=3641#comment-2974 […] Is your classroom a battlefield or a playing field? This post looks at strategies for building a rapport with your students in order to create a positive climate for learning.  […]

]]> By: MathedUp https://www.mathedup.co.uk/creating-a-positive-learning-environment/#comment-2963 Tue, 08 Sep 2015 00:26:16 +0000 https://mathedup.co.uk/?p=3641#comment-2963 In reply to Paul MacBean.

Great to hear that you love the job and thank you for sharing your ideas. I’m really fascinated by the use of body language and voice tonality to get the behaviour you want from students. Both these tools are often underused by teachers so really good to hear that you have been experimenting with them. I imagine your strategy of changing from enthusiastic to obvious and visible silence would work well as a way of prompting students back onto a task. Will have a play with this idea!
Thanks for reading and commenting.

]]> By: Paul MacBean https://www.mathedup.co.uk/creating-a-positive-learning-environment/#comment-2962 Mon, 07 Sep 2015 21:37:35 +0000 https://mathedup.co.uk/?p=3641#comment-2962 Having just completed my first year teaching Post 16 GCSE, can I commend you on nailing almost every single one of the things I have learnt about classroom management. the only one I would add is being able to “use the silence”. I seem to be similar to you in that I love this job (second career after retail management) and can quite often be the one bouncing around the room. however If I find that they are going off track or a conversation has taken them off topic, changing my body language to being very still and watching what is going on can lead to an interest in what I’m finding interesting, often leading the student themselves o understand that they need to get back on track. Used infrequently I have found this can work well once you and the group get to know each other.

Good article! Well done

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