By incorporating topics and activities of interest, it is much easier to capture students’ attention and actively engage them in the learning process.
Furthermore, if you show a genuine interest in your students, they will pick up on it and know that you truly care about them and their education. When you reach out and get to know any child in school you show them they’re valued as people. Once they learn this, their ability to take an active role in other positive relationships is improved; they fit in better and so are less likely to get into serious trouble.
Once you get to know them, anything is really possible; doors are opened to a whole new world of communication, cooperation, fun, and mutual respect. Spending some one-on-one time getting to know the class as individuals allows you to form a special connection with each and every one of your students; thus making it easier to detect and help them overcome their weaknesses. The situation with problem students will improve quickly and dramatically once you make the effort to get to know them as individuals, making the student-teacher relationship an extremely effective behavior management tool, as well as teaching technique.