a presentation for college teacher on classroom management skills

1. Classroom
Management
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2. Icebreaker
• Reflect
• Strengths as a Teacher
• Achievements as a Teacher
• Goals as a Teacher
• Speak to a colleague (2 + 2 minutes)
• Share
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3. 21st Century Teacher Roles
Communicator
Learner
Adapter
Collaborator
Model
Leader
Visionary
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4. Are Teachers Born or Made?
Teaching is a
Skill
Skills need retraining & refreshing.
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5. Teacher Skills
 Pedagogic skills
 Technical skills
 Personal skills
 Social skills
 Management skills
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6. Instruction Patterns
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Lecture
Chorus
Close-ended Questioning
Open-ended Questioning
Full Class Interaction
Student Initiated Questioning
Group Work
Pair Work (Collaboration)
Individual Work
Self Access
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7. Instruction Patterns
Mode
Participants
Live
Online
one-toone
teacher-student
student-teacher
student-student
 conversation
 explanation
 clarification
 discussion
online chat
e-mail
one-tomany
teacher-students
student-students
 lecture
streaming audio
 demonstration streaming video
bulletin board
mailing list
many-tomany
students-students
 debate
 GD
audio-conference
video-conference
forum
blog
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8. Classroom Management Tools
1. Pair work
2. Group work
3. Good instructions
4. Eliciting
5. Thought provoking questions
6. Activities, Games & Technology
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10. Pair Work
 Recall the Icebreaker
 Think of advantages of pair work
 Form pairs
 Share your ideas with partner
 Share with class
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11. Pair Work - Advantages
 Greater opportunity for Application
 Learners gain confidence/overcome fear
 Real time feedback/response
 Peer learning
 Cooperation – a life skill
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12. Pair Work – Review
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THINK – make notes
form PAIRS
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SHARE with Partner
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SHARE with Class
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14. Group Work
 Recall Activity -2
 Form groups
 Discuss advantages of group work
 Arrive at consensus
 Share with class
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15. Group Work - Advantages
 More student participation time
 More listening time
 More fun
 Exchange of ideas
 Seeing others‟ points of view
 Improved social skills
 Improved problem solving skills
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16. Group Work - Review
 Explain the activity
 Arrange the groups
 Set time limit
 Give example/demonstration
 Move & Monitor
 Follow up
 Discuss the activity
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18. Good Instructions are . . .
 Short
 Simple
 Precise
 Easy to follow
 Repeated
 Demonstrated
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19. Follow the Instructions!
READ ALL THE INSTRUCTIONS AND FOLLOW THEM CAREFULLY
BEFORE BEGINNING ANSWERING.
Max Time: 2 minutes
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Write your name in capital letters at the top of the sheet.
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What is the full form of “GDC”?
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How long have you been a teacher?
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Make a small hole at the bottom with the tip of your pen.
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If you are “male”, write “Not F”; if you are female, write “Not M”.
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Say loudly the name of the subject that you teach.
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How many zeroes are there in a million?
8. If you have finished reading all the instructions,
answer only item 1 and ignore the rest.
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21. Use questions, pictures, gestures
to elicit specific responses
in stead of telling.
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23. Question Types
Yes / No
Information
Closed ended
Open ended
Teacher initiated
Student initiated
Factual
Inferential / Hypothetical
Objective / Impersonal
Subjective / Experiential
LOT / Clarification
HOT / Provocative
Rhetorical
Leading
Direct
Indirect
Essential, Empowering, Selection, Problem-solving, Identification, Tag,
Convergent, Divergent
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24. Evaluation
 Include variety
 Avoid routine questions
 Test application of learning
 Encourage imagination
 Encourage creativity
 Promote further learning
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25. Responding to Questions
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Never ask just for the sake of it
Ask only if you are prepared to listen and respond
Avoid big words
Avoid intimidating
Involve the audience
(do you think that?, have you considered?)
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Go narrow first, then broaden
Follow up with „why‟ or „how‟
Accept “I don‟t know” as an answer
Have you got any other good tip?
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27. Visual Aids
 Realia
 Models
 Photographs, Charts
 Transparencies
 Slideshows
 Video Clips, Multimedia
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28. Go Modern
“Don‟t limit a child to your own learning,
for he was born in another time.”
- Rabindranath Tagore
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29. Current Classroom Technologies
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Internet
YouTube
Mobile Technologies
Video Transmission
Edutainment
Social Networking
Blogs, Podcasts, Webinars
Use videos, audios, animation (www.goanimate.com)
Use wikipedia etc; Create your own website
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30. Continue learning.
What you learn TODAY
can IMPROVE
ALL YOUR TOMORROWS
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31. Thank you
Send your comments to
lionnagaraju@gmail.com
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