Classroom Management 1947

Have things changed much since 1947?  Let's watch the video and see what still applies in 2011.






Many of the same issue will raise their ugly little heads 60 years later, but the fixes the video demonstrates still will work too.

The teacher's negative speech and attitude create an environment that makes the students uneasy, which is not conducive to learning. 

The video does well when they demonstrate the better way to do it.  The teacher brings real world examples in, beyond what ever the book had so the students have more interest.  When he has to leave the room, he gives them a task instead of a threat.  When there is improper behavior instead of barking like a drill sergeant, he makes a joke about it and then reminds the students what the better behavior would be.  The big thing that really works and you see at the end was the teacher going to desks working with individual students.  

So, sixty years later, some of the same problems exist for teachers, and most of the solutions still apply.