Permissive: Demanding OFF, Warm ON

Teachers in this category are often too nice. They want students to like them and they want to be helpful, so
they are warm and supportive but not very good at setting limits. Permissive teachers may focus on effort while
de-emphasizing the quality of students productions. Disruptive behavior may be ignored or handled with weak,
soft-spoken reprimands or pleading. While warmth and support are good qualities, students still appreciate
discipline even if they dont show it. The cost of the permissive style is a classroom that is out of control.
Constructive learning does not flow well. While students may describe a permissive teacher as nice and
easy, when push comes to shove they do not feel that they can trust her to take care of problem situations.
It is another type of teaching style where the teacher acts as lenient and apathetic. They do not keep
themselves as very much involved in the teaching-learning process. They place very few demands from
students and do not care much of what and how students are doing. They just teach in their own style and do
not find whether the students had learned or not.
Permissive teaching style creates atmosphere of insecurity, chaos with little respect of order and routine.
The teacher lacks involvement in student outcomes
Teacher is indifferent to discipline and order
Teacher expectations from students is minimal or nil
Teacher leaves the class with absolute freedom leading to indiscipline
Discourages any demand from students
Teacher fosters inappropriate behaviour of the student, not suitingformal schooling
Authoritarian: Demanding ON, Warm OFF
Teachers in this category are quick to jump on every behavior that is not acceptable in the classroom.
Support and positive reinforcement, however, are rare. The authoritarian teacher may use a loud voice to get
the attention of her students. She may act shocked and angry when students dont follow her directives. The
benefit of this style is that the teacher frequently gets the immediate compliance from her students. The cost
of the authoritarian style includes student anxiety and minimal long-term positive effects. No student enjoys a
teachers yelling. Although kids may comply out of fear, this teaching technique rarely produces behavioral
changes that last over time.
In this type of teaching style, a teacher acts as a dictator and students are considered as subordinates, where
the order comes from the teacher and students lack freedom. Here a teacher asks vigorous discipline, expects
swift obedience, discourages verbal exchange, and gives few praises to students. A teacher who exhibit
authoritarian style, creates a boundary for students where they can think only what they have been asked by
the teacher. It is just a one-way process where the job of teacher is to give lecture and the students have to
listen it without being having an inquiry. Paulo Freire in his famous book Pedagogy of the Oppressed have
explained this kind of teaching style and termed it as the Banking concept of education. Authoritarian teaching
style results in unhealthy competitions, fear and anxiety among students. This makes the system rigid and
strict. Students lack freedom of expression, critical thinking skill, creativity and develop pressure and anxiety.
Teacher is indifferent to student problems
Teacher is performance oriented
Teacher expects high discipline and is liberal in giving punishments to maintain order
Teacher always expects implicit obedience
Teacher is cold and impersonal
Teacher is not concerned with students personal problems