I'm looking forward to reading your reactions to the articles.
Please feel free to go back through the other discussions and put in your two cents. Especially your reactions and responses to some of the previous blog questions.
Also, here are couple issues that need addressed from this week.
1. At what point should a teacher get help in a situation like getting another teacher or the administration involved? Great question....what do you all think? The obvious part is if there is any violence you immediately get assistance. Other than that.......what do you guys think? How far do you let a problem go before you get help if it's a student disrupting class? What if they just refuse to do anything? What about just being annoying - won't be quiet - pushing your buttons...???? Inappropriate behavior - language - actions - etc.???
2. What kinds of 'fillers' can be done with language arts and social studies? Let me see what can I think of off the top of my head.....hmmmm.
Language arts - 1. part of my grammar teaching included diagraming sentences - they loved to do diagram races or challenges....we'd break into teams and one team member from each team would do the diagram at the board while the rest did it at their seats - whoever got it right got points for their team...then new competitors would head for the board. 2. Create group stories.....break into groups and use a story starter. Then pass the story around the group and each person adds one sentence. It can go as long as you want and can be really good or really funny. 3. You can use 'spelldown' style games for anything....parts of speech, grammatical checks, definitions, books and authors.....
Social studies - 1. There's a game they loved called "guess it". I would pull down the world map, and tell them I was thinking of a county. They could ask me Yes /No GEOGRAPHY questions to try to determine the country in my thoughts. If they got a certain number of NO answers from me before they guessed the right county - I WON!!! If they got ....they won. I'd have quick little prizes sometimes - but most of the time the person who figured out the answer got to come up front and to they next country. The harder the country - the more 'no' chances I'd give them...but never over 10. 2. ONce again - the spelldown format asking question about the current or previous social studies topic. I'd often throw in an extra point option if they could shoot my blow up globe into the waste basket and make the basket. It seems like most anything you can tie to a ball is just more fun for them. 3. I had several pre-made jeopardy games - always a hit. 4. Brain teasers based in social studies are available. 5. All kinds of little social studies games are out there in the teacher stores.
Hope that helped.
3. How do you focus your attention on the class as a whole and still not give up on that one problem kid? The 'never give up' is for the child who is having learning problems or personal problems that are affecting the learning, etc. Kids who misbehave are, in my opinion, a different issue. They are choosing to misbehave so they are choosing the consequences of their actions. I wouldn't put up with someone disturbing my class for very long. My consequences were warning, detention, principal...... and then the principal usually made them call home. My principals knew that the only way I'd send then to the office was if I had done everything humanly possible to get them into shape. I was firm and consistent and the had the principal's total cooperation. Kids learned very quickly and passed the word to then next group coming up that there would be no nonsense put up with....... so they usually didn't try. The fact that I was consistent and fair ...... meant I was being fair to both the kid misbehaving and my other students.
4. For those of you in the 9:30 who asked....no, the presentation was not really a simulation. Look at the definition and you'll recognize it was group work.
Have a great week!!
Diann
34 comments:
The article I read was entitled “Schools Blamed for Youth’s Suicide.” For starters, suicide is a horrible thing in general, but when it happens to young innocent children its even more tragic. These children don’t know what they’re getting into, and they’re not concerned about the consequences. They only thing they are looking for is attention and an easy getaway. Brandon’s mother said some things that I agree and disagree with. First off, whether or not Brandon had gotten help wasn’t a sure way of predicting his actions. Even if he did get help, there is still no guarantee that Brandon would still be here. I do, however, agree with the mother that both the teachers and students who were notified of Brandon’s suicidal thoughts should have done something. I believe that no matter how big or small of a deal this suicidal thought was the teacher should have reported it right away. That way the parents could have been warned and they could have been on the lookout for signs. This way the teacher was doing what she could do to lookout for the student. I think the main reason that teachers and students don’t report anything is because they don’t believe that such tragedies could actually happen. Within the last couple of years, things have really changed so when dealing with the safety and well-being of students you can never have a problem to small to be concerned about. Everyone is important!
LeAnna Pickerel
9:30
I also read the article called " Scholls Blamed for Youth;s Suicide". I thought it was tragic what happened to Brandon but unfortunatley not all that uncommon. According to the article there have been many teen suicides in the last few years.I just could not believe that with all the problems and shootings there has been in the past years that the students and teachers would not report a student who is at risk of hurting themselves. I felt so bad for the family. I do think the mother could have talked and done more with the school though to help the situation. It didn't seem to me like she was doing all she could such as being in contact with the school to help. I am glad the parents are filing charges against the school but unfortunaltey no amount of money can bring a loved one back. Overall a good article lots of detail but very sad.
Kaylin Atkinson
9:30
After reading "Classroom Management or Magic Dust" gave some good tips about classroom management. I think classroom management will be the bigggest challenge for me as a pre-service teacher. I like how the article mentioned to make sure your "students know whether or not you like them. You need to know what their lives are like, what they care about, and what pressure they are under..." It is key to getting involved in your students like and have an equal balance between home and school life.!
Becky Miadock
The article I read was "Schools Blamed for Youth's Suicide." The article was very sad. I agree with Brandon's mother that the teachers who knew about Brandon's suicidal thoughts should have reported it right away. As a teacher it is your responsibility to report things like that. Also it is your responsibility to stop bullying when you are aware of it. The article said that on the day of Brandon's death he was teased in class. I feel that the school could have done more to decrease bullying. At my middle school, we had bullying assemblies all the time. Teachers did not allow us to make fun of eachother in class. This article just reminds us to never take anything lightly when it comes to the well-being of students.
Melissa Patterson
9:30
I read all the articles and it seems that the one that hit me the most was the one entitled "Teaching and Cultural Competence." All of the articles seemed to connect/tie together however. All of them sent the message of familiarizing yourself with your students, and I found that biggest challeneg of doing this would probably have to be familiarzing yourself with a student who is a world away from you when it comes to cultural backgrounds. When people think of diversity they automatically think of race, but as the article read, it is also with cultures and its practices, economic status, linguistics, educational levels, learning styles, the list goes on and on. So it is important for teachers to be able to communicate with all of those cultures and the issues that may arise in them. Speaking to minority students (and that term as I am using it does not refer only to race), it is hard to connect with teachers nowdays and expect them to trully understand how it feels to be me. So, as a pre-service teacher I am hungry to be that teacher who can relate and at least be there for those students who I don't readily identify with based on our outside appearance. I am very impressed with the Teach for Diversity program the author had put in place and would love for BGSU to get something like this on our campus. In the meantime, I think it would be helpful if we just made it a real REQUIREMENT for each student to go to each type of school (suburban, urban, inner-city, rural, public, private, etc), so that we have experience with real diversity, not just our friends who come from different cities or high schools. This goes along with the importance of pre-service teachers teaching in an area that they will probably spend their career in so that they can become familiar with there students. As a teacher, we must rememeber that our lives is not the only lives out there.
Ashley Kinamore
10:30
The article that struck me the most was "Schools Blamed for Youth's Suicide." I both agreed and diasgreed with several things mentioned in the article. I firmly believe that being bullied in school was a strong factor influencing Brandon to commit suicide, but I think placing all of the blame on the schools isn't fair. His mom said that he was teased in class on the day he died, was screaming for help, and if he got the help he needed he would still be alive. When I read that I was wondering why if she was aware of the bullying and the cries for help why she didn't take him to get help. I don't think it's fair to solely blame the schools for everything, because as we have learned the parents need to be involved in their child's life and be aware of what is going on in the classroom. I feel that bullying in schools needs to be monitored and some sort of affirmative action needs to take place to try and prevent it as much as poosible. While bullying is definitely a main reason driving teens to commit suicide, in the case of Brandon, I don't think it is right to solely blame the school.
Samantha Simcic
10:30
The article I found of greatest importance to me was the Teaching and Cultural Competence. I truly agree with the article on various points. One, I as a pre-service teacher do not feel that I have been trained or even educated more about how to teach to a diverse classroom. Sure we take EDFI 408 and can get placed in urban or suburban schools, but I still feel like I do not know what I am doing or how to go about meeting all the students' needs. This of course is scary for me since I am a junior here at BGSU. Second, I do feel that most of our culture has transitioned into believing that whiteness is their culture, myself included. While I know I am part German and Irish I could not tell you one thing really about those two cultures. Sad, isn't it? Lastly, I am left still wanting to know how I can feel more confident in the ability to incorporate future students of mine and their culture into the classroom effectively? Dealing with diversity and classroom management are probably two of my biggest concerns in entering the teaching field.
Megan Brautigam
9:30
The article that I read and learned a lot from was entitled "Classroom Management or Magic Dust?" The article had to deal with classroom management and how to achieve it the best way possible. This article talks about how there really is no one way to have it and there are no special tricks or secrets to getting it. The article says that, "Classroom management is a complex mix of elements, including a profound understanding of one's students, a teacher's clear sense of his of her personal strengths and weaknesses, and, above all, really good teaching" (Baenen). I think this statement provides what a teacher needs to gain classroom management. I think it is amazing how many teachers out there do not have any grasp on their class or their students, when classroom management is one of the most important things as a teacher. You must have it so kids are responsive to your teaching. I think this article was very helpful and insightful, especially for a teacher that is need of some help with the classroom management.
Jill Auer
I read the article called "Classroom Management or Magic Dust." I thought the author made some very important points about how each classroom is so different from another, mostly because of the teacher in charge. As the article mentioned numerous times, the key to getting students to behave is getting to know them and establishing that relationship. The author mentioned she has been in classrooms where she immediately knew the teacher didn't know his/her students - this is also obvious to the students as well. Students know whether or not the teacher cares for them. As future teachers, we have to make sure that despite how much we like (or dislike) students, we have to be fair and care for all of our students... no one should be able to tell if we favor one student over another. I also think the point on having high expectations is important, because students are only going to reach as high as you believe they can. Having high expectations for every student shows your confidence in them and will help them raise their expectations as well.
Elaine DiCesare
10:30 class
Hi everyone!
I read the article "Schools Blamed for Youth's Suicide." When I began reading the article, my heart sunk for the family. It is awful that kids so young are committing suicide. As a kid, I was bullied and realize how hard it is to carry out the school day because teachers and other staff would not get involved. Luckily, I had parents that cared for me and brought the problem to their attention. I feel that this school is responsible for the majority of this case. A school is supposed to be a safe-haven, unfortunately it wasn't for Brandon. Sometimes I think why some teachers do not report bullying is because many of the students who are the perpetrators are the "popular" and "jocks" and do not want to get them in trouble. Also, sometimes staff members think that these problems will magically go away. However, I do not totally blame the school, because I feel the parents knew that Brandon had many problems and had to be more involved outside of his therapy sessions and pay attention more to these signs of suicide. However, the school should have done more because that is where the problem was happening. I feel that all schools should have a zero tolerance policy on bullying because it is a serious problem and it would help reduce the amount of bullying, which in result save many students' lives.
Forest Clayton
10:30
The article I thought was most interesting was "Schools Blamed for Youth's Suicide"
It was very sad to read and find that so many children have resulted to suicide because school is not perfect for them. It is a tragic situation and teachers and administrators should have stepped in and made the bullying stop. The only thing is that teachers can not always be at blame for a suicide of a student. If a student does not express that they need help, how will the teacher know? If the students who know of the bullying don't say anything, how can the teacher help? It is the teachers job to watch out for such signs of bullying and tormenting but if it is not visible, especially if it is occurring on Myspace, than the teacher will not know and should not be sued for not doing anything. On the other hand, a teacher will not be able to live with herself if a student of theirs died knowing they could have helped. To help prevent situations like Brandon's, a teacher could make clear to his or her students that if they witness any bullying etc., to report it to him or her or the guidance counselor. This is a serious situation that all of us future students should look out for in our classrooms.
-Alex Marquis (9:30)
I read the article "Classroom Management or Magic Dust," and I found that this article is very true. The more time you take to get to know your students and their likes and dislikes, the less problems you will have in your classroom. Students do not want to be in a classroom with a teacher that does not reach out to them and and take an added interest to their own interests. Students want their teachers to go to their extracurricular activities. They want to see us standing there, cheering them on. The more teachers get involved in the lives of their students, the more they will appreciate us and respect us. They will in turn, behave in class and they will lead a positive example for those students who typically do not behave in class.
Carrie Kottenbrock (9:30)
I noticed that a lot of people wrote about "Schools Blamed for Youth Suicide" article and I am as well. Titles like that certainly jump out to me as something interesting to read and something that I would like to know more about. I believe that the young man in this article needed more help than just the school intervening. Sometimes when students get help from teachers and other school staff for being bullied, things just get worst and the student is bullied even more for being a tattle-tale. It is a very sad story about what happened to Brandon. Teachers can not see and hear everything that goes on in their classroom or the hallways between classes. I am sure that if a teacher had seen the note Brandon wrote or heard him talking about suicide they would have stepped in and said something to a councilor, parent, or other school official to get him some more help. I do not think they can place the blame entirely on the school for the death of this young man.
Kathryn Osborne
Like almost everyone else, I read the article, "Schools Blamed for Youth's Suicide." This article was really heart wrenching for me, two of my friends in high school committed suicide. Whenever this happens, it's really difficult. But in this case, this boy was SO young. He shouldn't have been worrying about being bullied, he should have been having fun and living his life.
Like Forest said, the blame for this child's suicide can be placed on many people. Every school should and needs to implement a no tolerance policy against bullying. Bullying has so many psychological affects on a child. The teachers should have had conferences with Brandon's mother to let her know what was happening. Brandon's parents should have also been paying closer attention to the warning signs of Brandon's illness.
It is so sad that things like this happen. It sucks to say that we have to learn our lesson the hard way. But it's the truth, it takes awful things to happen for people to finally realize that something needs to be done.
Michelle Smith
10:30 class
I read all 3 articles, and I thought they were all very informative. However, I found the the article, "Teaching and Cultural Competence" to be the most interesting. The author made some very valid points about diversity and how teachers are not diverse because 80 or 85% of teachers are white. I found this statistic very shocking. The author is absolutly correct. How can we expect teachers to deal and teach in diverse classrooms when they are not diverse themselves? The author suggested teachers know about different cultural backgrounds, that is they key to dealing with diversity. And iI agree with that, but I feel I do not even know about my background very well. My family has fallen into "whitness." Which is sad. Im glad the author made this point because it is something I never thought about before. This makes me want to learn about more cultures before I go out and teach on my own.
I forgot to leave my name...Im Megan Thompson- 10:30 class
With regards to question 1, when should teachers get involved? I think that a teacher should get involved if they see something being repeated. By that, I mean that if you see a bruise on a childs arm that has been there for awhile then it is probably time to say something to someone. It is hard to say when the appropriate time is to step in and get the administrtation invovled. On the one side if you blame the parents of abuse or neglect and it turns out that you were wrong, then you just made it very awkward between you and the student, and you and the parents. On the other hand if you say nothing and it turns out that the child has been abused or neglected then you are going to suffer from legal action. Personally, I would rather error on the side of caution and would rather make it awkward between me, the parents, and student, rather than have a student getting abused go unnoticed. I am interested in hearing from others, and seeing if you agree with me or not?
I'm glad to see a response to the actual questions. Be sure you remember that the assignment is to reflect on the articles that you were assigned.
Diann
I also decided to discuss "Schools Blamed for Youth's Suicide." First off, suicide is a terrible thing for anyone to deal with. When this happens to your own child that would obviously be devastating. It's really sad to me to think that someone like Brandon, at only twelve years old, decides to take their own life because they no longer feel that there is a way out. I agreed with some of the things Brandon's mother mentioned. I think that the teachers should have taken his threats of suicide more seriously, especially since he struggled with depression. Also the pictures of him hanging himself that teachers saw should have been immediately addressed. As a teacher, it is your responsibility to not brush those things off, it needs to be reported. I don't know that I necessarily agree that it is the school's fault that Kevin committed suicide. Even if the school would have consoled Brandon, who's to say that this wouldn't have happened? I think the school could have helped prevent it, but I think he needed more help.
This is a very troubling dilemma in America's schools. Teachers, parents and students need to be aware of the warning signs of suicide and try their best to help students who are struggling. I think it's hard to say that bullying would ever stop, there will always be that one kid that has to pick on the other kids. But as a teacher, you need to be aware of the surroundings in your classroom. Meaning, your environment needs to be safe for all students and when you see odd behavior or hear any talk of suicide or school violence, you should never hesitate to report it.
-Emily Kairis 10:30
I read the article entitled "Schools Blamed for Youth's Suicide." This article drew me in because it was written in Lee's Summit, Mo, where some of my family lives. I was also surprised at the title because I do not think a school should be solely to blame for a youth's suicide. It is so sad to think that a 12 year old boy was hurting so much, he decided to end his life. For Brandon, his suicide could have been be a result of bullying, his cleft palate and speech impediment, his parent's divorce, ADHS, and depression. Regardless, I do not think his school should be blamed, I think this should be a wake up call that bullying should not be tolerated. Obviously, teachers cannot necessarily control bullying that takes place outside the classroom, but they can discipline their students in the classroom.
-Kerry Flahie
Also, as for classroom fillers, we had a whole file folder full of logic puzzles when I was in middle school. When we finished work early, we got the chance to complete them. They were challenging, but fun...and they kept students quiet and occupied while others were still working.
The article I am choosing to write about is "Schools Blamed for youth's Suicide". I do agree with the article when it says that bullies are part of the reason some students may committ suicide. I do not agree with the article when it blames the schools. Teachers cannot be everywhere to stop bullying. They can stop it in their classrooms and they can stop it in the halls if they see it. Teachers aren't on the bus with them or at after school events with them to stop it there. I feel like schools can only do so much to stop bullying unless they plan on always keeping the bully and the bullied completely seperate at all times. I do think that Brandon's school could have maybe done a little bit more to help and try to stop the suicide. When the teacher got the drawing of Brandon hanging himself she should have immediately turned it into the office and they should have contacted his parents right away. I think that schools can only do so much to help this situation. They need to try to stop bullying at every chance they can, but I do not think the schools should be blamed for youth's suicide.
Allison Decker
10:30
I read the article entitled "Classroom Management or magic dust." I thought that the article made several interesting points about classroom management. When the author refers to classroom management as magic dust, she does a good job making the point that classroom is not an easy task to accomplish and there is not one simple way to accomplish it. I agree with the author that if teachers show the students that they care and believe in them, they are more likely to want to learn and do well for that teacher. It is a great idea but seems like takes lots of effort and time to perfect the difficult task of classroom management.
Stefanie Franks
9:30
The article that I choose to read was “Teaching and Cultural Competence”. The article talks about how teachers cannot be expected to know how to deal with cultural, ethnic, or racial diversity because teachers themselves are not diverse. The article states that 88% of approximately 35,000 teachers are white, and 81% of those white teachers are between the ages of 45 and 60. So not only are teachers predominately white, but they are also older and most likely haven’t had to deal with diversity issues. The reason that is so disturbing is because as a teacher you have to be able to identify with each and every student, which means knowing their culture, religious beliefs, etc. If you are white, and can only respond to white students, then you are failing as an educator.
I think that teaching in a diverse classroom is like anything else. You can take classes, and go to seminars or lecturers, but you are not going to know how to educate in a diverse classroom until you have spent some time in one. It is then that you will see how students from different backgrounds learn, and how to address each student effectively.
Jeff Floyd
9:30
The article that I choose to read was “Teaching and Cultural Competence”. The article talks about how teachers cannot be expected to know how to deal with cultural, ethnic, or racial diversity because teachers themselves are not diverse. The article states that 88% of approximately 35,000 teachers are white, and 81% of those white teachers are between the ages of 45 and 60. So not only are teachers predominately white, but they are also older and most likely haven’t had to deal with diversity issues. The reason that is so disturbing is because as a teacher you have to be able to identify with each and every student, which means knowing their culture, religious beliefs, etc. If you are white, and can only respond to white students, then you are failing as an educator.
I think that teaching in a diverse classroom is like anything else. You can take classes, and go to seminars or lecturers, but you are not going to know how to educate in a diverse classroom until you have spent some time in one. It is then that you will see how students from different backgrounds learn, and how to address each student effectively.
Jeff Floyd
9:30
The article I read was "Schools Blamed for Youth’s Suicide." This article made me really sad because I feel as a future teacher we are a little responsible for telling someone about bulling. I think the teachers should have told the principle about what is happening with the bullying because little things might not seem like nothing to us, but these kids could really get their feels hurt. I feel so sorry for Brandons parents because this tragedy could have not happened if the teachers would have been doing their job. I think it's wrong how the notes came up very late in the investigation and the parents really didn't know what was happening to their child in school. Teachers are suppose to be like another parent figure to these kids because parents aren't their with them at school and the teacher has responsibility for that child. I wish times could get turned around and people can fix their mistakes, but since that can't happen hopefully people will learn what to do in this kind of situation. Even though, they should have already been trained on how to deal with a touchy subject.
Lynesha Richardson
I chose to read “‘Best Bet’ Discipline Strategies.” It wasn’t really an article per say but it had tons of helpful hints! Some of the tips I already knew: learn student names within the first week, start out firm and stay that way, etc. One hint that I didn’t know about was, “Identify the 20%, who cause 80% of the problems.” I never really thought about doing this, but the more I reflect on it, the more important it seems to me. I can remember in middle school wondering how the substitute teachers always knew the “trouble-makers’” names. I guess I know why now!
The article discussed the importance of behavioral management. Just like classroom management, the effectiveness of behavioral management can make or beak a classroom. More than anything, I know that management, be it behavioral or classroom management as whole, is critical to successful student learning and teacher effectiveness. I am definitely going to keep the behavioral tips handy!
Emily Buchanan
10:30am
I read "Classroom Management or Magic Dust." The article has really good tips for managing your classroom. It pretty much sums up my group's presentation. It goes over what every effective teacher does and how classroom management shouldnt be an issue as long as their lessons are interesting and interactive, and the way they manage their class matches their personality.
Although I was able to do a lot of research on classroom management, I still feel as though I'm not really ready to handle methods or student teaching because I don't really know what to do with my students if they misbehave.
I was at my placement today (which it turned out was on a 2hr delay) and at the last hour and a half of the day I was with students. The third hour went pretty well-- I passed out their noodle cells and made sure students were on task. The 4th period class came in and it was time for me to leave. I grabbed my stuff and was waiting for the halls to clear out and they began working. As I was waiting, a few of the students noticed that I was getting ready to leave, and said that I couldnt and that they wanted me to stay. When I told them that next week is my last week, they also commented on how I need to come back every week. It was at this moment that I really felt like I was making a difference in the classroom (even if it's only a small one), the kids like me, and that I'm on the right track. I tried my "look" on a student that was tapping and it actually worked!! I was so proud of myself. Just thought I would share here instead of in class.
Jessica Kremer
10:30
The article I read was "Schools Blamed for Youth's Suicide". This article was really sad because I can't believe that these kids were bullied so bad that it could push them so something as so bad as suicide. I dont agree with what Brandon's mother said about getting help from the school. While I do think that the school should of done something for this kid. It said in the article that he had dropped hints to classmates and his teachers that his troubles may have grown life-threatening. I cannont believe that if he had made that many comments to both students and teachers, that nothing was done about it. While kids are at school, the teachers are their acting parents. They need to treat their students just like they would their own students, and when somebody makes comments about possible suicide, something needs done about it.
Kevin Duly
9:30
I read the article "Teaching and Cultural Competence: What does it take to be a successful teacher in a diverse classroom?" This article explained how sometimes teachers are in a classroom that is very diverse from what their used to. I know that this happens, but it's probably more often than we think. Teachers do get some experience in the different suburban, rural and urban schools while taking ED classes, but it's not the same as actually being the teacher in one of those rooms. This article suggested teachers learning and making themseleves aware of the different diversities their studetnts may be facing. One quote that especially stuck with me was "Teachers who are prepared to help students become culturally competent are themselves culturally competent. They know enough about students' cultural and individual life circumstances to be able to communicate well with them." I agree with this quote entirely. Teachers DO need to be involved and take time to learn where their students are coming from if they expect them to learn in their classroom.
Katie Darr
(10:30 class)
The article that I read is titled "Schools Blamed for Youth's Suicide." I can't believe that it is becoming common to read in newspapers that children are committing suicide. It's really sad how some kids don't care about what they say and do to others that can sommetimes result in the loss of someones life. I do not think it is entirely the schools fault because they cannot catch every incident of bullying. Because this is becoming more popular, I think it is important for teachers to keep reminding students of these stories so that maybe bullies can think in their head what they are actually doing to some kids.
Kara Krafka 9:30
I read the article "Classroom Management or Magic Dust?" I like how the article says to teach to your strengths not try to bring up your weaknesses. It also wants teachers to just be themselves and really care about their students, don't try to fake anything because they can tell. And as well to have high expectations for your students, as you should want nothing less than their best.
i think that the classroom management article was really helpful. It reinforced the concepts that i learned while doing my research project. there are also a lot of helpful hints i read that i will pass on to my friends in the education program who are unsure of classroom management and how to effectively use it.
Dominic
The article that I read was "Classroom Management or Magic Dust". It talks about ways that teachers can be effective with time management by doing small things in the classroom and being aware of what is going on. I feel that by taking these tips into concideration when teaching then as future teachers we will be more prepared. However, even though this will be one of the main struggles as a beginning teacher I feel that by reading articles such as this one it will help us get a clear understanding of what to do and what not to do.
Marissa Caputo
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