Classroom Ppt

Synthesis of Research

WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT MANAGING CLASSROOMS Carolyn M. Evertson and Alene H. Harris

Opening Questions: How many people consider classroom management significant in teaching? After doing your practicum, how important is classroom management and in what aspect?

Outline summarize the article discuss how this works in real classrooms table activities future inquiry

A shifted focus From controlling students’ behavior to: teachers creating, implementing and maintaining a classroom environment that supports learning

Studies about Time amount of time learning varies from school to school half or less of the school day is used for instruction often associated with student achievement

Effective Classroom Management: conserves instruction time by planning activities setting and conveying both procedural and academic expectations sequencing, pacing, monitoring and providing feedback for student work KEY ISSUE: Use of time!

Warning for Teachers teachers must be aware of: procedural display mock participation What can teachers do to engage their students?

Group Management Strategies by Kounin with-it-ness overlapping smoothness and momentum group alerting

Lessons that engage students higher students engagement in recitation lower during seatwork alternating cycles of two shorter segments students engagement differs among teachers engagement during recitation produce similar rates

Teachers’ role: must recognize both academic and social dimensions of classroom tasks make clear their expectations and procedures for student participation ex: how to answer questions recognize the interrelated nature of classroom management and the curriculum

Communications class activities reveals need for classroom management system that is: visible established monitored modified refined reestablished

Handling Misbehavior classroom management will not stop all misbehavior unobtrusive techniques: proximity name drop eye contact punishment? repeated misbehavior

Other strategies Meichenbaum’s ideas: combination of modeling and selfverbalization help Doug and Lynn Fuchs’ ideas: combination of goal-setting and selfrecording techniques help

ACTIVITY TIME! Get into 3 Groups Three different Tables Wait for instructions!

Three topics to Consider: school discipline school and community cultures affect values and decision teachers make quality of academic work engagement does not equal content acquisition classroom management in different contexts inclusion of different learners

Final Inquiries How can classroom management and organization support students’ substantive learning? What is the nature and quality of the learning that is supported?

The End Thank you for participating! :)