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Take the Manage Out of Classroom Management

Catlin Tucker

When I lead blended learning workshops or coach teachers implementing blended learning, I get a lot of questions about classroom management. ” On some primal level, I know that I don’t like to be managed myself. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology , 52(5), 890-898. Hofferber, N., Miserando, M.

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Why You Shouldn’t Use Physical Education As Punishment

TeachThought

Don’t Use Physical Education As Punishment contributed by Dr. Kymm Ballard, Executive Director for SPARK Think about any time you’ve seen “army boot camp” portrayed in pop culture — are you picturing the traditional drill sergeant, ordering his troops to do endless laps and push-ups, as punishment for their errors that day?

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Transactional vs. Transformational Teaching

Catlin Tucker

We create a culture in our classrooms, establish norms and routines, and seek to influence our students. However, for many teachers, classroom management and behavior issues are constant distractions that complicate an already challenging job. Journal of Educational Psychology , 91(3), 537. Bolt, E., & Cai, Y.

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OPINION: It is time to pay attention to the science of learning

The Hechinger Report

Instead, we were taught how to structure a lesson and given tips on classroom management. I assumed that I would eventually learn how the brain worked because I thought that studying education meant studying how learning happens. If you are a mid-career educator like me, perhaps this sounds familiar. I was wrong.

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PROOF POINTS: Putting praise to the test

The Hechinger Report

One widely used program called CHAMPS was recently tested in a study involving more than 100 teachers and almost 1,500 middle-school students in a randomized controlled trial — the kind of gold-standard experiment that is common in medicine but not in education. Even well-designed classroom management programs don’t always work.

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Persistent problems: A powerful paradigm for professional development

A Psychology Teacher Writes

The challenge, then, for PD is to use these levers to secure engagement (note: this is not about some rather sinister form of psychological manipulation to ‘trick’ people into engaging or getting buy-in; it’s about finding ways to explicitly show that people’s perceived individual needs are actually in alignment with whole-school goals).

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What We’re Reading: 4 Resources for Improving School Culture

Edthena

We’ve rounded up four resources that provide best practices for improving school culture, including how psychological safety is crucial for educators and strategies for valuing and supporting teachers. To avoid the shame trap, savvy educators don’t compare their knowledge and skills with others’.”

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