How do you handle a student who gets a little too excited about the subject and becomes disruptive? Maybe a little disruption is fine?
A little disruption is fine. The trick is to not let the student take over the class. It’s important to get some other students involved. Ask other students for their input, or get them into small groups with an assignment to discuss an aspect of the subject, and then get back into a larger group to revisit, and then the class is more focused.
Say, the subject is media literacy. I would teach a class on sports, and ask them to watch a sports game at home and report how many advertisements there are on the field, and in the stands, and on hats and such. You know, not commercials, product placement. They come back, and most kids have done it, and are sort of interested, but a few really paid attention and take over. I would break them into small groups, have them make a list of the advertisers according to product, and bring them back together. So each small group has to report, and it is less likely for one or two students to take over.
There are other ways, it depends on the subject.
-Lynn from Alabama
