This article was interesting, because it discussed not only that children in the classroom are less attentive now, but why. They also compared things about children now to children from the 1980s. I also found it interesting to see how it negatively effected a child's self esteem to be disciplined in the classroom. There are multiple studies out there that show that students need more movement in the school environment, but this article showed an instance where a student was punished for needing this movement and it ultimately led to him having lowered self-esteem. Also, in this article they discussed that due to this lack of movement, students now have issues with muscles, flexibility, and have much more energy that is exhibited through disturbances in the classroom.
When I have a classroom, one of my major goals will be to create an environment where all of my students excel not only intellectually, but in social and other aspects. This means that if physical activity can be implemented it will be. Some students need the ability to move to be able to calm down and focus in later. Catering to the different types of students in the classroom is important to a classroom teacher, and with more students having ADD/ADHD is is imperative that we take that into consideration when writing lesson plans and making decisions about classroom management.
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