DISCUSSION QUESTIONS 1 & 2

joyce March 28, 2016

QUESTION # 1

Creating a Positive Classroom Culture
Recall your favorite teacher and think about the way she or he managed the class to make it a positive learning experience for you. Now, read Chapter 5 of your text to explore the various strategies for effectively managing a classroom and see if you can make a connection between what the text says and your favorite classroom experience. Keeping that comparison in mind, answer the following questions:
•When you think about managing a classroom, what do you feel most confident about?
•What are your biggest concerns? State carefully one possible way to deal with your greatest concern and relate it to Kounin’s preventive approaches to managing a classroom.
•Why do you think your solution will work? What challenges or obstacles could impede its success? Explain.
Refer to Chapter 5 of your text, additional resources and your own insights/experience

RESOURCES

Krogh, S., Fielstein, L., Phelps, P. & Newman, R. (2015). Introduction to education: Choosing to teach. San Diego, CA: Bridgepoint Education, Inc.
1.Krogh, S., Fielstein, L., Phelps, P. & Newman, R. (2015). Introduction to education: Choosing to teach. San Diego, CA: Bridgepoint Education, Inc.
a.Chapter 5: Shaping Classroom Culture

◾This chapter considers the “community” in conventional classrooms giving strategies and techniques for creating a classroom where children thrive socially and academically. Models for classroom management are discussed in detail.
b.Chapter 6: Curriculum and Assessment

◾ This chapter examines the complexity of curriculum development while also analyzing different forms of assessment.

c.Chapter 9: Becoming a Teacher

◾This chapter considers the nature of teaching and the occasional controversy over its definition as a profession. This will allow the reader to reflect on if they display a “goodness of fit” as a potential future educator.

Article
1.Nichols, S. L. & Berliner, D.C. (2008). Why has High-Stakes Testing so Easily Slipped into Contemporary American Life? The Education Digest, 74(4), 41-48. Retrieved from the Proquest database.

◾This article examines why high-stakes testing has grown to be an acceptable part of our culture and what issues have arisen as a result of this practice.

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