SCHOOLS OF THOUGHT ON CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT AISHA AMBER 901

APPROACHES TO CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT Assertive Approach Business management Approach Behavior Modification Approach Group Managerial Approach Group Guidance Approach Acceptance Approach Success Approach

1. ASSERTIVE APPROACH Specify rules of behavior Teacher’s quick response

SUGGESTIONS Clearly identify the expectations Use eye contact, gestures, body language Establish positive expectations, eliminate negative ones Take positions Set limits Be confident in chronic behavior

2. BUSSINESS MANAGEMENT APPROACH Evertson and Emmer Categories of student’s work Instructions for requirements Instruction about neatness and form Procedure for absent students

2. Monitoring students’ work Monitoring group work Monitoring individual work Maintain records

3. Feedback to students Attention to problems

3. BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION APPROACH Skinner Teacher’s role Reinforcement Reward or punishment

PRINCIPLES Formed by consequences not by causes Systematic reinforcement Students response Constant reinforcement Intermittent reinforcement

REINFORCEMENT Social reinforcement Graphic reinforcement Tangible reinforcement Rules are established

4. GROUP MANAGERIAL APPROACH Importance of immediate response to students’ behavior Successful classroom management Students’ interest Teacher’s role

5. GROUP GUIDANCE APPROACH Causes of disciplinary approach Individual case history Group condition Mixture of individual and group causes

SUGGESTIONS Teacher’s role to prevent these problems Difficulties for teacher in maintaining discipline Sometimes teacher’s behavior is the source of problem

6. ACCEPTANCE APPROACH Students need acceptance Student’s involvement

MISTAKEN GOALS Attention getting Power seeking withdrawal

7. SUCCESS APPROACH SUGGESTIONS Behavior is a matter of choice Establishing rules Suggest suitable alternatives Involve students’

MANAGEMENT OF STUDENTS AS THEY ENGAGE IN ACADEMIC WORK.

Jacob Kounin believes that students’ engagement in lesson is the key to successful classroom management.