Classroom Behavior and Management

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What is your understanding of effective classroom management? Identify and explain six conditions which contribute to effective classroom management. If only the world knew what teachers go through on a daily basis. The press, parents the government and the rest, completely oblivious to the poisonous nature of many of our classrooms. Unaware that thousands of teachers are left without the antidote. Surveying the profession is a depressing experience. Teachers worn out and washed up, their hopes and dreams millions of miles away. Looking for a way out, but trapped for life, surrounded by the never ending catastrophe of inappropriate student behaviour. But it’s not all doom and disaster. In every school, there are teachers who stand tall and brave, marching on fearless and unruffled, while dancing to a very different tune. Yes, the classroom management techniques of old may no longer work. But it is still possible to control and manage even the most difficult classes. If you’re properly prepared and trained that is. Some may argue that teaching has changed for the worse, and it’s not going to change back. If teachers want to get back on top, and rediscover the joys of this profession, then they need to change too. Teachers need to stop flogging to death the same old tired classroom management techniques that worked so well in 1987. This is 2012, and if they want to survive they need to get with the changes. And fast. The need for teachers to implement effective classroom management cannot be over-emphasized. What then is effective classroom management? According to e C. Hardin (2008) effective classroom management is the ability of teachers to organize classrooms and manage the behaviour of their students to achieve positive educational outcome. By extension it is ensuring that your classroom lessons run smoothly, establishing rules, motivating
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