Teachers are increasingly finding that their pupils do not pay full attention or concentrate properly during class time. This essay will examine the reasons for this and suggest some possible solutions.
One of the reasons for this is that teachers now lack the freedom to discipline children. In the past, teachers could use any methods they felt appropriate to control pupils in their class, even if this meant physical punishment. However, the balance has now changed, with children aware that there are limits to what a teacher can do and without this respect they do not concentrate if they do not want to. There have, for example, been cases were pupils have sued teachers for disciplining them too harshly. Children should of course not be abused, but teachers must be given more power to use the methods that they think appropriate to control the class without fear of recrimination.
Another factor may be the diet of children. Research has widely reported that the additives in a lot of the snacks and carbonated drinks that children drink regularly can cause behavioural changes such as hyperactivity. This may lead to a lack of ability to concentrate in class. To prevent this, schools must make sure that these snacks are not available at the school. Parents have a part to play as well, and they must ensure that their children are not given too much of these types of snacks at home.
To conclude, children may have difficulty paying attention in class because of a lack of discipline in schools and additives from snacks. However, the solutions are to give more power back to teachers and to limit the availability of certain foods.
Teachers
are
increasingly
finding that their pupils do not pay full attention or concentrate
properly
during
class
time. This essay will examine the reasons for this and suggest
some
possible solutions.
One of the reasons for this is that
teachers
now
lack the freedom to discipline
children
. In the past,
teachers
could
use
any methods they felt appropriate to control pupils in their
class
, even if this meant physical punishment.
However
, the balance has
now
changed
, with
children
aware that there are limits to what a
teacher
can do and without this respect they do not concentrate if they do not want to. There have,
for example
, been cases were pupils have sued
teachers
for disciplining them too
harshly
.
Children
should
of course
not
be abused
,
but
teachers
must
be
given
more power to
use
the methods that they
think
appropriate to control the
class
without fear of recrimination.
Another factor may be the diet of
children
. Research has
widely
reported that the additives in
a lot of
the
snacks
and carbonated drinks that
children
drink
regularly
can cause
behavioural
changes
such as hyperactivity. This may lead to a lack of ability to concentrate in
class
. To
prevent
this, schools
must
make
sure that these
snacks
are not available at the school. Parents have a part to play
as well
, and they
must
ensure that their
children
are not
given
too much of these types of
snacks
at home.
To conclude
,
children
may have difficulty paying attention in
class
because
of a lack of discipline in schools and additives from
snacks
.
However
, the solutions are to give more power back to
teachers
and to limit the availability of certain foods.