When introducing yourself to a new class of students it is very important to identify the objectives for the course and use this first meeting to lay down a set of ground rules.
Ground rules set the boundaries within which the students must work; they enable everyone to have an equal opportunity to carry out their study whilst in the classroom.
An ideal way to discuss this is to split the class into two groups and come up with a set of rules. This enables a neutral ground for discussion and not a comparison between your list and theirs. As well as this, involving two teams can generate some competitive