Article 2: Classroom Management Flashcards
What are the five (5) activities and assessments displayed in the article that prepare preservice teachers for classroom management?
Movie study, Microteaching, Video/Comic Strip, Observation Protocol and Personal Management System.
In summary, what is Microteaching, and how does it benefit preservice teachers to participate in this assessment?
In summary, the microteaching assessment is where teacher candidates go to a class ready to teach an already planned lesson and when the teacher arrives, they pick a management problem out of a hat. The management problems range from minor interruptions to significant issues like students fighting or student defiance. The teacher candidate must teach their lesson and deal with the situation without losing sight of the learned content.
-This activity allows the teacher candidate to engage in classroom management techniques within a real-life situation. The activity enables pre-service teachers to understand the issues they will face when they go into their classrooms and manage these issues effectively.
What does the Movie study activity consist of & how does It help preservice teachers?
- The Movie study is where teacher candidates were asked to watch one of the following films; Freedom Writers OR The Ron Clark Story, and analyze the classroom management and impact of the teacher on student learning in the film. After the film, the TC was asked to write a reflective paper on the management practices displayed in the movie.
- This activity allows TC to carefully think about the intervention techniques used in the film to foster student learning.
In the Video/Comic strip assessment, what are the preservice teachers required to do, and how does this activity help them understand the effectiveness of positive classroom management techniques?
The TC is asked to create two (2) animated videos dealing with the same behaviour issue that negatively impacts student learning.
-The first video deals with a teacher and student, and the teacher employs an inappropriate classroom management strategy that leads to student compliance but not learning.
-The second video deals with the exact depictions, but instead, the teacher will employ an appropriate strategy that disciplines the student in a just way & fosters student learning.
>The primary benefit for preservice teachers participating in this assessment is that they get to see what techniques and strategies for classroom management encourage student learning rather than punishment to gain compliance so they can carry the positive procedures into their future.
What is the Observation protocol assessment, and in what ways can it benefit preservice teachers regarding their understanding of effective management?
This is where the teacher candidate will track one student and record at 5-minute intervals what the student is doing, whether the activity leads to student learning, and what precipitated each positive or negative event.
- The TC specified that they found it challenging to understand whether the student was engaged in their learning or sitting disengaged.
- Using the Observation protocol as a starting point to engage teacher candidates to think about their assumptions regarding classroom management critically.
The Personal Management System is the last assessment provided in Eisenman’s article. What is it, and what are the two ways it benefits the teacher candidates?
Teacher candidates are asked to create their systems of discipline tailored to their teaching philosophy. The system includes The grade level, Parent newsletter, teaching philosophy, class rules, and preventative, supportive and corrective management methods.
- The teacher candidates benefit from doing this assignment because it requires them to examine the various management strategies and consider which closely align with their philosophy.
- Second, it serves as a pushing-off point for student teachers for a management system that they can implement in their future classrooms.
