1. Creating Productive Learning Environments
EDUC 1010-Chapter 12

2. Characteristics of Productive Learning Environments
A focus on learning
Effective schools: Academic focus
A focus on learners
Classrooms as learning communities
Personal and social development
Positive classroom climate

3. Classroom as Learning Communities
Inclusiveness: all students participate and believe they can succeed.
Respect for others: students respect the teacher and other students.
Safety and security: students feel safe and protected.
Trust and connectedness: students count on each other for help and assistance.

4. Personal Development Self-discipline and motivation to learn
Organizational skills and goal setting
Personal and moral responsibility
Control of personal impulses
Self-awareness in terms of personal strengths, needs, and values

5. Social Development
Students’ ability to interact with and get along with others
Perspective taking: the ability to understand the thoughts and feelings of others
Social problem solving: the ability to resolve conflicts in ways that are beneficial to all involved

6. Social Skills That Develop in Productive Learning Environments
Perspective taking
Social problem solving
Respect for others
Working cooperatively with classmates
Empathy and compassion
Appreciation of diversity

7. Positive Classroom Climate
Emotional and physical environment of a classroom
Pleasant surroundings
Displays respect students
Procedures for a safe and orderly classroom
Respectful and friendly

8. Essential Human Elements of Productive Learning Environments
Caring
Personal teaching efficacy
Positive expectations
Modeling and enthusiasm
Lessons learned from "ANGRY BIRDS"

9. Communicating Caring
Learning students’ names quickly and calling on students by their first name
Greeting students daily and getting to know them as individuals
Using effective nonverbal communication such as making eye contact and smiling
Using “we” and “our” in reference to class activities and assignments
Spending time with students
Demonstrating respect for students as individuals

10. Positive Teacher Expectations
Teachers’ beliefs in students’ capabilities to learn
Ways that teachers communicate positive expectations
Emotional support
Teacher effort and demands
Interactive questioning
Feedback and evaluation
Classroom management video

11. Classroom Management Discussion
What impact does classroom management have on learning?
As you have observed, have you seen good and bad examples of classroom management?
What made it “good”?
What made it “bad”?

12. Classroom Management Goals
Developing learner responsibility
Creating a positive classroom climate
Maximizing opportunities for learning

13. Dimensions of Classroom Time
Allocated time: amount designated for a particular topic or subject
Instructional time: amount left for teaching after routine management and administrative tasks are completed
Engaged time: time students actually spend actively involved in learning activities
Academic learning time: amount of time students are both engaged and successful

14. Elements of Successful Management
Preventing problems through planning
Rules
Procedures
Intervening effectively
Handling serious management problems

15. Common Classroom Activities Requiring Procedures
Entering and leaving the classroom
Handing in and returning papers
Accessing materials such as scissors and paper
Sharpening pencils
Making trips to the bathroom
Making up work after an absence

16. Guidelines for Effective Rules
State rules positively.
Emphasize rationales for rules.
Minimize the number of rules.
Monitor rules throughout the school year.

17. Benefits of Involving Parents
Greater willingness to do homework
Higher long-term achievement
More positive attitudes and behaviors
Better attendance and graduation rates
Greater enrollment in postsecondary education

18. Strategies for Involving Parents
Communicate early, positively, and often
Try communication
Get to know students
Class information online
Use newsletters and individual notes to emphasize positive student accomplishments
Ways to involve Parents at beginning of year

19. Communicating with Parents from Diverse Backgrounds
Cultural diversity, SES, and caregivers for whom English is not the first language all pose communication challenges.
Effective teachers make a special effort to reach out to these parents.
Sending home homework guidelines and suggestions are effective in involving parents in their children’s education.

20. Most of all: BE AWESOME!
BE AWESOME VIDEO