The Practical Guide to Primary Classroom Management

by Rob Barnes

Overview

This concise book focuses on classroom management basics, including student behavior, organizing classroom space, effective use of resources, and establishing a presence in the classroom.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781412919395
Publisher:	SAGE Publications
Publication date:	08/30/2006
Series:	Primary Guides Series
Pages:	144
Product dimensions:	6.90(w) x 9.60(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

My primary research interests centre on the successful utilisation of new information and communications technologies by businesses, governments and consumers. I have published five books (one a best-seller for Butterworth-Heinemann) and more than a hundred and fifty articles including those in journals such as Communications of the ACM, the International Journal of Electronic Commerce, Information & Management, European Journal of Marketing, Journal of Marketing Management, Communications of the AIS, Data Base, and Psychology& Marketing

Table of Contents

Aiming To Be Effective
Learning To Keep Your Cool
Routines, Scripts and 'Teacher-Talk'
Prevention and Cure
Noise Levels, Voice Tone and More Teacher-Talk
Praise, Rewards and Sanctions
Classroom Skills
Coping With Difficult Students
Survival and Practical Organization

Editorial Reviews

The book is easy to read and written in an accessible style. I liked the undertone of humour throughout. There were lots of ‘real life’ examples and vignettes highlighting different ways of dealing with different situations and what the different consequences of each might be. Remembering back to my (now long ago!) days as a trainee teacher and NQT, I felt that reading this book then would have reassured me that all teachers have good and bad days and face daily challenges in their classrooms and would have given me lots of ideas and strategies to practise and try out.

Claire Thomas