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  EFFECTIVE
 CLASSROOM
MANAGEMENT
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Icebreaker

1   Name & Qualifications
2 Best Teaching Experience     •   Speak to an
3   Favorite Subjects/Topics       unknown or
                                    less known
4   Achievements & Awards             colleague
5
                                   • Use ONLY
                                       English

                               • Do not write
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Why Do We Teach?

   Knowledge
   Skills
   Application
   Information Literacy
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Why Do We Teach?

   Higher objectives of education
       Learning to Learn
       Learning to Live
       Learning to be Better

   Obligation to nation, college &
    students
   Professional satisfaction and growth
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Nobler Outcomes

         Imagination
         Creativity
         Aptitude
         Attitude
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4 Types of Teachers
   A mediocre teacher
         tells.
   A good teacher
      explains.
 A superior teacher
  demonstrates.
A Great teacher
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A Great Teacher is




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Activity - 1

              Recollect
Who was your best teacher at school/college?
        How did he/she inspire you?


                 Write


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Teaching – Learning
     Involves




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Activity - 2

   Call out L - E - A - R – N
   Form five groups & sit in circles
   Discuss “What can a teacher
    change and what he cannot?”
   Spokespersons make short
    presentations
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A Great Teacher uses

  Effective
 Classroom
Management
Techniques
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TTT vs STT

Decrease Teacher Centred
   Teaching Time

Increase Student Centred

Learning Time
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Instruction Patterns
1.    Teacher Talk
2.    Choral Response
3.    Close-ended Teacher Questioning
4.    Open-ended Teacher Questioning
5.    Full Class Interaction
6.    Student Initiated Questioning
7.    Group Work
8.    Pair Work (Collaboration)
9.    Individual Work
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Modes of Instruction

    Mode         Participants            Live            Online

one-to-one     teacher-student     conversation    online chat
               student-teacher     explanation     e-mail
               student-student     clarification
                                   discussion


one-to-many    teacher-students    lecture         streaming audio
               student-students    demonstration   streaming video
                                                   bulletin board
                                                   mailing list

many-to-many   students-students   debate          audio-conference
                                   GD              video-conference
                                                   forum
                                                   blog
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Interactive classes use

1. Pair work
2. Group work
3. Good instructions
4. Eliciting
5. Thought provoking questions
6. Activities, Games & Technology
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Pair Work
 Recall the Icebreaker

 Think of advantages of pair
work

 Form pairs

 Share your ideas with partner

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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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Pair Work - Review

   THINK – make notes
       form PAIRS

           SHARE with Partner
              SHARE with Class
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Group Work
 Recall Activity -2

 Form groups

 Discuss advantages of group
work
 Arrive at consensus

 Share with class          mnRAJU
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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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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Good Instructions are . . .
 Short
 Simple
 Precise
 Easy to follow
 Repeated
 Demonstrated
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Activity - 3


Follow the instructions in the handout.




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Ask,
Don’t Tell
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Activity - 4


Elicit a specific response




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Question Types
Yes/No              Information

Close-ended         Open-ended

Teacher initiated   Student initiated

Factual             Inferential/
                    Experiential
LOT                 HOT

Rhetorical/         Thought-provoking
Leading
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Responding to Questions
   Let students think and formulate
   Do not interrupt
   Show interest in answers
   Involve other students
   Ask follow-up questions
   Do not discourage students
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Evaluation

   Include variety – HOT/LOT/FIVE
   Avoid routine questions
   Test application of learning
   Encourage imagination
   Encourage creativity
   Promote further learning
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Effective Evaluation

   Validity
   Reliability
   Washback
   Practicality
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Visual Aids
 Realia
 Models
 Photographs, Charts
 Transparencies
 Slideshows
 Video Clips, Multimedia
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Go Modern
“Don’t limit a child to your own learning, for he
  was born in another time.”
                              -   Rabindranath Tagore




           It’s not about the tech.
           It is about the teach.
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Current Technologies

   Internet
   Mobile Technologies
   Video Transmission
   Social Networking
   Blogs, podcasts, YouTube etc
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Teach the Basic Tools




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Edutainment

   Use podcasts, videos, audios,
    animation (www.goanimate.com)
   Use wikipedia etc
   Create your own website




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Emerging Technologies
   Internet2 (100 times faster)
   Wi-fi, Bluetooth, 802.11(versatile plug-ins)
   The Tablet PC
   Nanotechnology
   Thought-controlled Computing

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How does it affect you?

 Accept Challenges
 Exploit Opportunities

 Don’t Stop Learning


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What you do
   TODAY




can IMPROVE
  ALL YOUR
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