Using Criticism

What is the real problem with using criticism?

How might we avoid using it without compromising good classroom management?

How to Really Mess it Up!

After watching the video on "Handphone Confrontation" and the "Psychotic student", what is your perception of the lecturer? What are the possible implications for him both personally and professionally as a teacher?

Maintaining Good Proximity

Maintaining good proximity and with a friendly manner is a major way of preventing classroom management problems.

What makes this work and how?

Ground Rules

Having watched the video on Ground Rules, what's so important about the first meeting with a group of students?

What is the Real Problem?

Is it the students, modern society or the curriculum? Having read through the explanations, here are some questions for you to reflect on and share your thoughts:

1. Which of these explanations do you most agree with and why?
2. What are your major concerns in managing students at SP?

What is Classroom Management?

Having watched the video on "Painting Nails" and "That Bunch of Animals", what are your perceptions and interpretations? What questions or concerns does this raise for you?

Problems of Classroom Management

Do you think these are the problems of classroom management? Are there other problems?

3 most important concerns concerning classroom management

What are your perceptions, feelings, etc on classroom management issues and concerns. Spend some time reflecting on your experiences of being in classrooms – as both lecturer and students, and identify the 3 most important concerns, challenges or questions that you have concerning classroom management.