Managing the classroom
by lourdes zaldivar
1. In order to manage a class successfully, the teacher has to be aware of what students are doing and, where possible, how they are feeling.
2. So is the general way in which teachers sit or stand in classrooms. Many teachers create an extremely friendly atmosphere by crouching down when they work with students in pairs.
3. Our physical presence can play a large part in our management of the classroom environment he way we move and stand, and the degree to which we are physically demonstrative can have a clear effect on the management of the class.
4. The teacher in the classroom
5. Appropriacy
6. Awareness
7. The kind of voice we use to give instructions or introduce a new activity will be different from the voice which is most appropriate for conversation or an informal exchange of views or information.
8. These include how the classroom space is organized, whether the students are working on their own or in groups and how we organize classroom time.
9. Audibility
10. Classroom Management
11. Be clear.Clearly, teachers need to be audible. They must be sure that the students at the back of the class can hear them just as well as those at the front
12. Variety
