Education is essential for every society and its members. Effective teaching and learning are a means through which education happens. Classroom management is an integral part of effective teaching and learning. It is unfortunate however that not all teachers find it easy to manage their classrooms effectively. I have been there before and know the…
The importance of classroom management in education is easily overlooked by national curriculums and teacher training programs. Meanwhile, it has been a challenge to many teachers, irrespective of whether they are new or not. It is one of the ever-present problems for teachers. Classroom management (CM) is the most important thing in education, ahead of…
You may be wondering why some teachers struggle one way or the other to handle their classes effectively. You may also be pondering on why students love and rush to have lessons with some teachers, and not others. The dynamics at play in the above situations are most likely due to classroom management (CM). CM…
Classroom management has been a great challenge for teachers, especially among new ones. This has stressed many teachers. Some teachers have even abandoned the profession for different professions. Poor classroom management has left a dent in many teachers’ careers. This has caused many teachers to question why it is so hard to manage the classroom…
As humans, we naturally don’t like surprises. This attitude follows us wherever we are/go. So as teachers, most of us often expect everything and/or lessons to go smoothly. This is because of our natural desire to see everything work perfectly. It is also partly due to the way we are being trained in college. Further,…
I am enthusiastic about teaching. I feel highly satisfied teaching children and other people. I was extremely happy the day I was engaged as a teacher. After a week or two, I realized my success is dependent on my ability to successfully manage my classroom and lessons. This is because I started to become stressed…
Effective classroom management is essential in ensuring effective teaching and learning in every learning environment. I got to appreciate this better in my first week as a teacher in a middle school. I noted that students gain a lot if their teachers and schools are effective in managing their learning environment. Marzano (2000a) found that…
Imagine you are a teacher without a philosophy of education. In other words, you are a teacher who doesn’t have an idea of how education should be carried out. Do you think you can be effective in delivering lessons/lectures to innocent students in your class? If yes, how? But if your answer is no, then…
One thing that is extremely important in promoting effective teaching and learning is the ability of the teacher to get students to obey instructions from the start. How then do you do that? First, it is necessary to know that the classroom is made up of different types of students. Some are obedient and others…
Is your class disruptive? Do you have a disruptive student in your classroom? Or do you have difficulties in dealing with disruptive behavior in your classroom? If you find yourself in the above situations, you probably will be looking for effective strategies to help deal with this deadly problem in your classroom. There is a…
