CLASS MANAGEMENT (2 Credits)

Learning Outcomes:

On successful completion of this course, student will be able to: Identify the need and strategy to establish the safe and nurturing classroom communities; Identify the diversity of students in terms of special need, and behaviour; Apply the classroom management strategies to lead students to be on-task and engaged in lessons and to handle the off-task students; Design the effective time management, standards of conduct and procedures for classroom routines, and discipline policies.

Topics:

1. Introduction;
2. The Art of Teaching;
3. Some Research of Classroom Management Strategies;
4. Establishing a Favorable Climate for Cooperation;
5. Establisihing Cooperative Relationship;
6. Standards for Conduct, Routine Procedures, and Policies;
7. Working with Individual Differences among Students;
8. Conducting and Monitoring Engaging Learning Activities;
9. Approaching Off-Task Behaviors;
10. Modifiying Off-Task Behavior Pattern;
11. Dealing with Nondisruptive Off-Task Behaviors;
12. Dealing with Disruptive Behaviors;
13. Building Classroom Management Talents.