Classroom Management

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The Definition of Classroom Management

Classroom management is a gestalt, dependent upon several interdependent components: (1) an engaging curriculum; (2) working with anger, projection, and depression; (3) students as responsible citizens; (4) the teacher as a self-knowing model; (5) classroom management skills; (6) working with resistance, conflict, and stress; and (7) robust instruction.

If even one of these components is neglected, the whole process is compromised. Compromise results in the need for discipline.

Source: Adapted from Folder 3, "Developing a Classroom Management Repertoire," by J. R. Hanson, 1998, Classroom Management: An ASCD Professional Inquiry Kit, Alexandria, VA: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development.

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