Classroom Management

Student learning is the goal. Effective teaching is the way. Understand your students. Students understand you.

Classroom management is all of the things that a teacher does to organize students, space, time and materials so that instruction in content and student learning can take place.

Ignore minor misbehaviors and reward positive behaviors.

Classroom Management Profile:

Authoritarian: This teacher places firm limits and controls on the students. Students will often have assigned seats for the entire term. The desks are usually in straight rows and there are no deviations. Students must be in their seats at the beginning of class and they frequently remain there throughout the period. The authoritarian's students do not have the opportunity to learn and/or practice communication skills. This teacher prefers vigorous discipline and expects swift obedience. In this classroom, students need to follow directions and not ask why.

Authoritative: This teacher places limits and controls on the students but simultaneously encourages independence. He often explains the reasons behind the rules and decisions. If a student is disruptive, the teacher offers a polite, but firm, reprimand. This teacher sometimes metes out discipline, but only after careful consideration of the circumstances. He is also open to considerable verbal interaction, including critical debates. The students know that they can interrupt the teacher if they have a relevant question or comment. This environment offers the students the opportunity to learn and practice communication skills.

Laissez-Faire: This teacher places few demand or controls on the students. This teacher accepts the student's impulses and actions and is less likely to monitor their behavior. However, this overindulgent style is associated with student’s lack of social competence and self-control. It is difficult for students to learn socially acceptable behavior when the teacher is so permissive.

Indifferent: This teacher is not very involved in the classroom. This teacher places few demands, if any, on the students and appears generally uninterested. The indifferent teacher just doesn't want to impose on the students. As such, he/she often feels that class preparation is not worth the effort. Sometimes, he/she will use the same materials, year after year. Also, classroom discipline is lacking. This teacher may lack the skills, confidence, or courage to discipline students.

Personal conclusion:

This class has made me thinking about all of what teaching means. It is not just standing in front o a group and try to share your knowledge. Even when teaching the same grade year after year is never the same, subjects may be but nothing else. The successful and effective teacher

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