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CHAPTER 14

CHAPTER 14. Managing the Classroom. Learning Goals. Explain why classroom management is both challenging and necessary. Describe the positive design of the classroom’s physical environment. Discuss how to create a positive classroom environment.

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CHAPTER 14

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  1. CHAPTER 14 Managing the Classroom

  2. Learning Goals • Explain why classroom management is both challenging and necessary. • Describe the positive design of the classroom’s physical environment. • Discuss how to create a positive classroom environment. • Identify some good approaches to communication for both students and teachers. • Formulate some effective approaches that teachers can use to deal with problem behaviors.

  3. Managing the Classroom Why Classrooms Need to Be Managed Effectively Management Issuesin Elementary andSecondary SchoolClassrooms ManagementGoals andStrategies The Crowded,Complex, andPotentially Chaotic Classroom Emphasizing Instruction and Positive ClassroomEnvironment Getting Off tothe Right Start

  4. Classrooms Can Be Crowded, Complex, and Potentially Chaotic There is little privacy Activities occur simultaneously Classrooms are multidimensional Things happen quickly Events are often unpredictable Classrooms have histories

  5. Getting Off to the Right Start • Establish behavioral expectations and address student uncertainties • Ensure students experience success • Be available and visible • Be in charge

  6. Management Goals and Strategies Help students spend more time on learning and less time on non-goal-directed behavior Prevent students from developing problems

  7. Managing the Classroom Designing thePhysical Environment of the Classroom Principles of Classroom Arrangement Arrangement Style

  8. Basic Principles of Classroom Arrangement • Reduce congestion in high-traffic areas • Make sure that you can easily see all students • Make often-used teaching materials and student supplies easily accessible • Make sure that students can easily observe whole-class presentations

  9. Classroom Arrangement Styles • Auditorium style • Face-to-face style • Off-set style • Seminar style • Cluster style

  10. The Action Zone “Action Zone” Students in these seats are more likely to interact with the teacher, ask questions, and initiate discussion.

  11. An Example of an Effective Elementary School Classroom Arrangement

  12. An Example of an Effective Secondary School Classroom Arrangement

  13. Managing the Classroom Creating a Positive Environment for Learning General Strategies Getting Studentsto Cooperate Creating, Teaching, andMaintaining Rules and Procedures

  14. Effective classroom managers… • Show how they are “with it” • Cope effectively with overlapping situations • Maintain smoothness and continuity in lessons • Encourage students in a variety of challenging activities

  15. Teacher Management Styles Authoritative: Encourages students to be independent thinkers, but provides monitoring and verbal give-and- take Authoritarian: Restrictive and punitive with the focus mainly on keeping order rather than learning Permissive: Students have autonomy but little support for learning skills or managing behavior

  16. Creating, Teaching, and Maintaining Rules and Procedures Reasonable and necessary Clear and comprehensible Consistent withinstructional and learning goals Consistent with school rules CLASS RULES SHOULD BE

  17. Getting Students to Cooperate Develop positive student/teacher relationships COOPERATION Share classroom responsibilities Reward appropriate behavior

  18. Managing the Classroom Being a Good Communicator Speaking Skills Listening Skills Nonverbal Communications

  19. Being a Good Communicator SPEAKING SKILLS “You” messages are undesirable Aggressive messages are often hostile Manipulationmakes others feel guilty Passive people don’t express their feelings Assertive peopleexpress their feelings, ask for what they want, and act in their own best interest.

  20. Being a Good Listener • Active Listening • Pay careful attention to the person who is talking • Paraphrase • Synthesize themes and patterns • Give feedback in a competent manner

  21. Being a Good Communicator NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION SPACE TOUCH FACIAL EXPRESSIONS SILENCE

  22. Managing the Classroom Dealing with Problem Behavior Management Strategies Dealing with Aggression Classroom- and School-Based Programs

  23. Enter the Debate Should teachers withhold recess as a punishment for children who misbehave and/or don’t finish their work? YES NO

  24. Management Strategies • Minor • Interventions • Use nonverbal cues • Keep activity moving • Provide needed instruction • Move closer to students • Redirect the behavior • Be direct and assertive • Give student a choice • Moderate • Interventions • Withhold privileges or desired activities • Isolate or remove students • Impose a penalty or detention

  25. Dealing with Aggression Fighting:Emphasize inappropriateness, perspective-taking, and cooperation. Bullying:Develop a school climate characterized by high standards, parent involvement, and effective discipline. Defiance:Diffuse privately and avoid power struggles.

  26. Classroom- and School-Based Programs Improving Social Awareness-Social Problem Solving Project Social Competence Program for Young Adolescents Three Cs of School and Classroom Management • Cooperative community • Constructive conflict resolution • Civic values Classroom Organization and Management Program Good Behavior Game Skills for Life

  27. Crack the CaseThe Chatty Student • What are the issues in this case? • Is removal from the algebra class an appropriate consequence for Darius? Why or why not? • Do you think removal from algebra class would have a positive effect on Darius’s behavior? Why or why not? • What impact do you think this would have on his motivation in school?

  28. Crack the CaseThe Chatty Student • How do you think this situation will impact the relationship between Mrs. Welch and Darius? • What do you think Darius’s mother will do now? • How do you think Mrs. Zaccinelli will react when she hears about the situation? • How do you think the principal will react? • What should Mrs. Welch do?

  29. Reflection & Observation Reflection: What strategies have teachers used to manage your classrooms? How have these strategies affected the learning environment? Observation: What strategies do the teachers in this video clip use to manage students? How do the teachers’ management strategies differ? Be specific.

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