CODING PROCESS
Teaching Practices that Promote the Development of a Positive Classroom Climate
Categories Nodes/Codes/themes Description
Care I usually sat next to the students, and then I asked
Teacher- them which one they don’t understand. For example,
Student they said, ‘Miss, I don’t understand this because I
Relationships don’t have a dictionary.’ I replied, “Ok, I’ve got a
dictionary and you can borrow it.” “Miss, I get
confused how to use this dictionary.” Then I showed
him how to use the dictionary. Some students haven’t
known how to use a dictionary properly. “Now what is
else your problem?” (T17).
fostering close relationships We provided activities that could make them really
among students participate. For example, Sport Days. The students
really enjoyed the activities on Sport Days. They were
very happy. The teachers also participated in the
event. The students were also interested in Boy
Scouts’ activities. (T20)
Trust I invited them to talk, and listened to their heart. Once
I had a student who came from a broken home. The
boy then confided to me and cried. He did not reveal
his problem to the other teachers. (T2)
Respect (mutual respect)
Sometimes I reminded them that they might consider
me as their best friend, but they also had to know that
I was their teacher as well as their parent in the
school. And they could understand it. (T23)
Managing Giving advice
I think the child did not feel confident. I did the
Students’
opposite from before. I approached the child who was
Behaviour
not confident or kept away from his classmates.
Actually his classmates wanted to accept him but he
himself avoided them. Thus I gave the child some
advice, ‘You should communicate with your friends. If
you stay alone or keep away from them, you will find
a difficulty making progress in your study. So you need
to interact with them. (T4)
seeking the background
I found a student who had lots of absences, and I
behind the difficult
noticed that this student was always absent every
behaviours
market day. I investigated the causes. Firstly, I called
him to talk with me. At the beginning I nearly blamed
him. I asked him, “Why were you absent every market
day?” He replied to me, “I was selling plastic bags in
the market. I have no parents anymore. I live with my
grandma. I have to provide a living for myself and my
grandma.” Thus I suggested that other teachers give
him special tasks because he couldn’t attend the
classes regularly. I couldn’t forbid him selling plastic
bags in the market because he had to earn money to
buy food. All of his payments in the school he got free,
such as class funding for practical activities. (T19)
a routine and rule
I grouped the students in the class to be responsible
for keeping their classroom clean. Each group consists
of female and male students. If any of them didn’t do
their job, the other students in the group would
report it to me. I reminded the students, and I
encouraged them to do their duties and respect what
the other students did. (T21)
Group Work Two main reasons for implementing a group work: 1).
as a Teaching implemented group work purposely (to establish
Method positive peer relationships among the students in the
classroom, and promote social development).
2). for a practical reason. Sometimes the number of
the text books that students have to use was not
enough. To make it sufficient for all of the students
in the classroom, the teachers asked them to work
in groups.