Tools for Teaching by Fred Jones Part One: Building a Classroom Management System Chapter 1: Learning from the “Natural Teachers” Chapter 2: Focusing on PrevenFon Advice from the “natural teachers” •  You have to mean business. •  The classroom will either belong to you or it will belong to them. God help you if it belongs to them. Chapter 1 Typical classroom problems Have you experienced any of these? •  Squandered Fme •  Passivity •  Goofing off •  Helpless handraisers •  Nagging •  What else? Chapter 1 This doesn’t work. Chapter 1 Focus on prevenFon: The challenge •  How do you get kids to do what you want them to do when you ask them to do it? How do you get kids to stop doing what you don’t want them to do? How do you get kids to cooperate? Chapter 2 Your students are a motley crew. Chapter 2 A useful classroom management procedure must produce: •  BeUer behavior •  More learning •  Less hassle for the teacher Chapter 2 Chapter 2 A look ahead: We’ll be talking about… 1.  InstrucFon: Maximizing the rate of learning while helping students become independent learners. 2.  Discipline: GeZng students to quit goofing off and get busy. 3.  MoFvaFon: Giving students a reason to work hard while being conscienFous. Chapter 2 1. InstrucFon A.
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