wu active approaches for classroom manaegement
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Active Approaches to Positive ResultsNational Chinese Language Conference
Chicago, Illinois May 2, 2009
Wei-ling Wu, Ph.D.
West Windsor-Plainsboro High School South, [email protected]
Active Approaches for Classroom Management
One of the most challenging problems
“The act of supervising relationships, behaviors, and
instructional settings and lessons for communities of learners.” (Iverson, 2003, p. 4)
Iverson, Annette M. (2003). Building competence in classroom management and discipline (4th ed.). Upper Saddle River, N.J.: Merrill.
What is classroom management?
Where there is a class, there is need for management.
Give clear expectations and clear directions
My Comments
The teacher needs to think
and plan ahead of time.
Preventiv
e
Strategie
s!
Positive Results!
Student Advice (2)
Setting Expectations
My Comments:
1. Not the same favorite food every day
2. Promoting participation
3. Team spirit
4. Concrete rewards, but NO CANDY!
Motivatin
g
Strategie
s!
Positive Results!
Engaging Students to Learn
1. Change teaching strategies 2. Use peer groups and partner activities
3. Use competition.
4. Give points/ rewards/extra points/candies
Student Advice (3)
Being Firm and Assertive
1. Discipline students who misbehave
My Comments:
1. Knowing when to use discipline
2. Really!
3. Tougher than me!
Assertive
Strategie
s!
Positive Results!
2. Change seating once a marking period
3. Don’t back down, but explain why
Student Advice (4)
2. Don’t have favorites or focus on just a few students
My Comments: 1. Preventing the problem from being worse 2. Teaching every child
Preventive
Strategies
!
Positive Results!
Attending to Students’ Needs
1. Allow students to voice their opinions and ideas
Student Advice (5)
Balancing the Yin and Yang
1. Keep the class busy, but not overloaded with work2. Be loud and clear, but don’t yell3. Prevent chatting, but allow some time for fun4. Be firm with rules, but be flexible5. Relax, and joke around every now and then, but
take control after a certain point6. Help us learn and interact, but we still have fun
My Comments Very philosophical!!
Philosophic
al
Strategies!
Student Advice (7)
Positive Results!
“Unity in duality”
be reactive be proactive
punish care
disciple provide guidance
stop disruption encourage learning
control facilitate
be humorous be serious
keep students focused let students have fun
be firm be flexible
push be reasonable
Balance!!
Unity!!
ActiveManagemen
t!!
What should a good teacher be?
understanding 46 caring nice
fair fun 79 knowledgeable
creative open to new idea patient
enthusiasm listen to students helpful
encouraging confident good at teaching 70
efficient reasonable persistent