Classroom Management Discussion

1. What are the advantages and disadvantages of a controlling teacher? Of a facilitative teacher? What actions and activities lend themselves better to control?

2. What are some different ways of offering feedback and correction to students.

3. What are the advantages and disadvantages of the following types of class groupings? For what type of activity might each be most effective: lockstep (whole class together), pairwork, groupwork,? What alternatives must teachers consider when putting students into groups?

4. In what ways might you deal with a class with mixed skill levels?

5. How can students who are quiet be encouraged to participate more actively in class?

6. What problems does Snow note in becoming friends with your students?

7. How do different seating arrangements affect classroom interaction? List all the possible seating arrangements you can think of.

8. What kinds of non-verbal behavior can enhance your role as teacher?

9. Apart from getting the administration to make the class smaller, what are some ways of dealing with large class sizes?

10. How can you set things up initially to minimize the possibility that you will have problems with discipline in your class? What, if any, fears do you have in this area?

11. What can you do to minimize the possibility that students will cheat on tests?

12. Look at the box on the bottom of Brown, p. 419. Using the adjectives as a continuum, where do you see yourself on the scale?

13. What is the difference between a learning style and a learning strategy?

14. What strategies would be useful in learning students names? In establishing rapport with the class?