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The Key Elements of Classroom Managementreviewed by Sarah Edwards - 2004 Title: The Key Elements of Classroom Management Author(s): Joyce McLeod, Jan Fisher and Ginny Hoover
Publisher: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, Alexandria, VA ISBN: 0871207877, Pages: 195, Year: 2003 Search for book at Amazon.com Critical to the success of every classroom is
a system of management that facilitates the learning process.
The Key Elements of Classroom Management: Managing Time and
Space, Student Behavior, and Instructional Strategies, by Joyce
McLeod, Jan Fisher, and Ginny Hoover, offers a proactive approach
to helping educators make the crucial decisions needed to set up
rules and procedures, organize learning conditions, and develop
relationships that are the cornerstone to student
achievement. Organized into three distinct sections with each
one written by a different author, this book could be used as
either a reference guide or as a professional development
resource.
The section on managing time
and classroom space introduces a variety of issues such as desk
placement, visual displays, daily administrative tasks, and
emergency and disaster drills. While each of these topics is
overviewed, none of them is discussed in-depth. For example,
while two pages are devoted to the topic of parent teacher
conferences, absent are critical issues such as how to deal with
reluctant parents or how to... (preview truncated at 150 words.)To view the full-text for this article you must be signed-in with the appropriate membership. Please review your options below:
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- Sarah Edwards
University of Nebraksa at Omaha E-mail Author SARAH EDWARDS is an assistant professor in Department of Teacher Education at the University of Nebraksa at Omaha. Her research interests are in the areas of school and community, classroom diversity, and preparing preservice teachers.
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