2. When teachers have complete control of the classroom, they feel confident and relaxed about the environment that they are teaching in because they have full say in what happens in the room. They are comfortable with the setting and the lessons that they will be teaching and know how they are going to go about it. But, when it comes to a student-led environment, the teacher has to let go of some of the comfort and relaxation that they once felt. When students’ have control over the classroom or a lesson of some type, they seem to learn a lot more from their peers, mistakes and accomplishments. I feel that the teacher needs to guide the children in the right direction of the lesson, but to have the children do most of the work because they will learn a lot more from each other than a lecture from the teacher. I don’t think that giving all control to the students’ is the best idea, especially in younger grades, but children like to feel the sense of power and control in their learning environment.
I thought about that too. I guess one way is to help make the parents feel like they play an important role in their child's education. Some parents may have had a bad experience when they went to school. So if you let them know you are there to help their students succeed and it would kill you to see them fail, then hopefully they will be more supportive. Hopefully this kind of answered your question!
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