Classroom Management

Classroom Management Learning Process Prior Knowledge

Classroom Management

Prior Knowledge

• "knowledge" means "attained facts, information, skills, concepts"
  • word origin
    • "to.know" + "locked in"
      • "to know =
        • PIE origin *gno-
        • = "know"
      • "locked" =
        • from Old Norse (Viking) ''lok'' for "fastening, lock"
    • "knowledge" therefore means "locked-in knowing"
• "prior knowledge", then
  • = learning that a student already has "locked in":
  • i.e., what a student already knows

Teaching style & Teacher Personality

• student-teacher empathy
• creation of common purpose
• clarity of direction & expectation-setting
• lesson pace / speed

Student Behaviors

• acting out
• checked out
  • head down
  • refusal

Resilience

• also known as "grit" and perseverance
• = the ability of a student to overcome failure
• talented, bright students who face few developmental challenges may not develop the resiliency required to overcome larger challenges or barriers they may face as they grow older
• resiliency or grit cannot be taught, but it can be fostered

Discipline

• Compulsion v Choice

Reactance theory

• a negative emotional response to external controls or expectations
  • Reactance theory states that the absence of choice in task selection causes negative reaction to it
• see Reactance (wikipedia)
• related to the Streisand Effect
  • = calling out one issue ends up, unintendedly, highlighting another issue