What is Classroom Management
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I’ve had quite a few emails over the past couple of days (well 2 but it felt like a lot!) asking me what is classroom management. Since classroom management strategies forms a huge part of what we do as teachers, I’m guessing these nice people emailing me aren’t teachers themselves.
But, in an effort to stop the stampede of emails (is 2 really a stampede?!) I thought I’d answer the ‘what is classroom management’ question here. Put simply, classroom management is all about using strategies within the classroom to influence the behavior of the students that you teach.
Some people think that classroom management is only effective if you control the behavior of your pupils, but actually control is impossible. Effective classroom management is where you influence the behavior of the students you teach in a positive way. We all have free will, and teaching has changed. You will never achieve total control over anyone (unless you’re a hypnotist which sounds fun!), but you can influence the behavior of others.
And here’s the thing. Influencing your students so that you promote positive behavior in the classroom is actually a lot more powerful than just trying to control it.
So there you have it. The answer to the question what is classroom management solved forever. Hopefully people will find something else to email about or my inbox will be very lonely by tomorrow!
