Meetings are important both in the business and education sectors. Through meeting sessions, we should be able to identify potential problems and address them. Without common agreement reached in meeting sessions, valid solutions won’t be achieved. Class meetings are also important if we want to increase the involvement of students. They will be able to build confidence and improve their verbal ability. They will have more relevance in the classroom and can become more useful to others. Meetings are social activities that can become a part of the learning process. There are many things that can become the subject of discussion during this meeting. It is important for teachers that they can behave in a warm and enthusiastic manner.
It would be a bad thing if the class discussion is filled with criticism and blaming acts. It is a good idea if we are able to perform class meetings regularly. Problems should be properly discussed and we need to ensure that interactions can be properly enhanced. If it is necessary to criticize someone, we need to ensure that it is not intended to verbally attack the individual. If our intention is address the solution in the most appropriate manner, we will be able to ensure that problems can be solved in the most peaceful manner. There will be no unnecessary heated discussion and everything that we say will have direct correlation on the resolution of the problem. Teachers should also be aware of behavioural issues that can cause problems during the class meetings.
Anything that’s still relevant to the primary topic should be a fair game for the discussion. Teachers may need to provide students with various thought provoking questions. It will be much easier for students to respond, if these questions have direct relevance in their lives. It means that they will find it easier to perform various activities at school. The class meeting should also be used by teachers to determine whether the current teaching strategies are still appropriate. Teachers should also ask for feedback, as an example whether students fully understand anything that has been covered in the class. If students seem to have problem understanding specific aspects in the learning process, teachers should be made aware of that, so the learning process can be modified to improve comprehension.
The meeting should become an educational-diagnostic session to determine whether the learning process has become thoroughly effective. For this meeting to be effective, students need to be very honest about what they feel and experience. They need to indicate problems that could potentially happen. Teachers need to be highly responsive and they should have a vested interest in ensuring that students can easily master the learning material. Students should be included in the decision making process and they are made as equal participants in a class meeting session. This will improve their confidence and they will see themselves as an important part of the entire interaction. They will become even more honest and their suggestions for problem resolution can be surprisingly creative.
