Managing large classes

This being my last blog entry about didactics 1, i know it should be special but i think that it's special enough with the fact that i'm doing it a day after the last exam at 10:00 pm. Well whoever reads this here it is:

Managing large classes is a big chalenge. Big in number, in effort and in planning the class. The aspects that i found more interesting about this topic were the techniques to deal with these large number of students, and perhaps the most motivating one is rotating the students in every class because, like mentioned in the video, students cannot be discriminated or divided 'cause they will stop paying attention, and by rotating students the teacher is making them understand that every student is important in the development of the class. Also, a good use of the rooms is an amazing technique to lock the eyes of students into the class and basically on the teacher. Teachers in the classes i have been always take this things into account, well, in the university, and i like it since i'm one of those students that don't pay attention, but teachers almost never pull that card to make me pay attention, and that has make me see by myself that i can totally mess around and no one will say anything... jaja just kidding. I have seen good management in the 30 or 40 students classes, although some noise and lack of attention cannot be avoided sometimes. Regarding this techniques applying for adults, i guess it is very obious that they apply, since most of the things done in the video are the ones that i just mentioned that teachers have done in the classes i have been.


To whom it may concern:

If you are so lucky to have a large group of students someday, just be prepared and get your dukes up and go for it. It might be fun, or not.