Rethinking Classroom Management

This entry it's about the article Rethinking Classroom Management by Natàlia Maldonado and Pilar Olivares. The main idea is that we need to define a new concept "teaching and learning management". 

The authors differentiates between three interrelated areas to analyse in ordeer to understand this new concept.

Organisational issues: We live in democratic societies, and this must be transported to the classroom. Every classroom should have clear rules and rights, but can not run in parallel to the Society and be created and elected only by the teacher. As a result, the rights and rules of the classroom should be the result of a negotiation between the students and the teacher. In this metaphor, the students also respect them more, as they will be part of a community where they have helped to create and they understand the meaning of each one.

Curriculum issues: Every country has its own curriculum that gives specifications of each area, but the teachers task is to develope it according to its context. If we want students to do meaningful learning activities should be poweful enabling pupils to think deeply and critically, give them the opportunity to become creative and innovative and enable pupils to respond positively to opportunities, challenges and responsabilities. Working on a cooperative way it's a good way to pupils help each other and build a knowledge together. Also, working individually develops selfs discipline and personal gratification.

Social issues:  Pupils learn more and better if they are in a safe, secure and accepting classroom. In relation with the teacher, it implies a model of behaviour that awakes a reciprocal responses from students. Teacher's respect for pupils should be reciprocated/responded by their respect for the teacher.

On this video link we can see a good example of classroom management

http://www.schooltube.com/video/530e38fb32e9e1542ebb/Classroom%20Management%20That%20Works%201