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Objectives
By the end of this presentation, participants will be able to:
Understand the importance of effective classroom management
practices Understand key factors to effective classroom management Understand how to manage rules and procedures Understand how to handle discipline problems Develop a personal philosophy of effective classroom management
Outline
1. Defining effective classroom management 2. Factors for effective classroom management 3. Relationship between effective teaching and classroom
Definition 1
Effective classroom management is..
the creation of a learning environment. the increase of appropriate behaviour.
Definition2
Classroom management is all the things a teacher does to organize students, space, time, materials, so that student learning can take place.
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Classroom climate
Rules and procedures Teacher-student relationships
Rules must be reasonable and necessary. Rules must be meaningful and understandable. Rules must be consistent with instructional goals. Classroom rules must be be consistent with school rules.
Behaviour Expectation
4 guiding questions:
What behaviour do I expect from my students? How can I convey that to my students? What will I do when a student misbehaves and breaks a rule? Will I have a hierarchy of consequences to deal with mild, moderate, and severe misbehaviour ?
Effective classroom managers establish rules and procedures at the beginning of school . Effective classroom managers plan to prevent management problems. (proactive vs. reactive) Effective classroom managers monitor to prevent problems. Effective classroom managers use socialization as a way to resolve problem behaviour. Effective classroom managers avoid criticism. Effective classroom managers hold students accountable for their behaviour.
Scrupulously fair
Treat them as individuals
Avoidance/Escape
Attention
Attention-seeking students prefer being
punished, admonished, or criticized to being ignored Give attention to this student when he or she is on-task and cooperating (praise for effort)
struggle Meet with the student individually to describe, in objective and explicit terms, the behaviour which you cannot accept Give a warning, stress the consequence, and then follow through
Factors leading to discipline problems (manage or discipline?) a gap in the lesson (bad planning, an activity loses momentum, a piece of equipment fails to work)
unclear instructions (they dont know what to do, they dont start and attention wanders)
overexcited students arrive from another class in a disorderly mood lack of teacher attention (you need constantly to scan the room and keep your eyes and ears open to what is happening, especially in large groups) work is too easy or too challenging (students give up or attention wanders)
Establish eye contact. Move around the room and increase proximity to restless students. Send a silent signal. (shake your head) Give a quiet reminder. Re-direct a student's attention. (use students name!) Begin a new activity. Provide positive reinforcement. Wait quietly until everyone is on task. Ask a directed question.
According to Wong et al. (2001), effective teachers share the following characteristics:
They are masters of their material. They are well prepared and well organized. They are enthusiastic about the the topic of the lesson.
Conclusion
Effective teachers MANAGE their classrooms. Ineffective teachers DISCIPLINE their classrooms. Effective teachers have a minimum of student misbehaviour problems to handle. Ineffective teacher s are constantly fighting misbehavior problems. Effective teaching and learning cannot take place in a poorly managed classroom. Effective teachers make effective use of classroom management strategies
Summary
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Selected Bibliography
Cangelosi, James S. (1988). Classroom Management Strategies: Gaining
and Maintaining Students Cooperation. New York: Longman Cangelosi, J.S. (2000). Classroom Management Strategies (4th ed.). New York: John Wiley & Sons Charles, C.M. (1992). Building classroom discipline (4th ed.). White Plains, NY: Longman Froyen, L.A. & Iverson, A.M. (1999). Schoolwide and Classroom Management (3rd ed.). Upper Saddle River, New Jersey: Prentice Hall Gallagher, J. D. (1998). Classroom assessment for teachers. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Merrill Marzano, R. et al (2003). Classroom Management that Works. Alexandria: ASCD
Bibliography (continued)
Emmer, Edmund T., Carolyn M. Evertson and Murray E. Worsham. (2002).
Classroom Management for Secondary Teachers (6th Edition). Allyn andBacon Wong, Harry and Rosemary Wong. (2001) The First Days of School: How to Be an Effective Teacher. Harry K. Wong Publications