Behaviour modification plan: Fostering the developmental needs of the learner in the classroom

Behaviour modification refers to the shaping of individual behaviour by identifying undesirable responses and specifying constructive behaviour. To accomplish the goals set and to keep students within manageable bounds, we need a behaviour modification plan which helps the teachers to foster the developmental needs of the learner and to cater the individual differences. Classroom management is not just controlling behaviour but it's also a matter of leading learning. This paper presents a plan that a teacher can use to modify the behaviour of the students. The suggested elements of the plan are fostering students’ sense of self-efficacy and stamping out inferiority, encouraging students to focus on appropriate learning goals and emphasising activity, inquiry, and social interaction, establishing a supportive classroom atmosphere by adopting an authoritative approach to classroom management and involving students in community service activities. This behaviour modification plan will help teachers to well manage the class and also to cater the developmental needs of the learner.