edu5csd classroom management

CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT AND STUDENT RESPONSIBILITY

EDU5CSD

2015

Credit points: 15

Subject outline

Classroom management is an important issue for many primary and secondary school administrators, teachers, parents and pupils and is an area in which there is considerable official and public interest. Students taking this subject evaluate a range of approaches suitable for preventing or handling inappropriate pupil behaviour. Opportunities are provided for students to learn techniques recommended by some of these approaches. Issues surrounding the development of a school classroom management policy are discussed and students develop skills in the development of targeted behaviour management plans.

SchoolSchool of Education

Credit points15

Subject Co-ordinatorRochelle Fogelgarn

Available to Study Abroad StudentsYes

Subject year levelYear Level 5 - Masters

Exchange StudentsYes

Subject particulars

Subject rules

PrerequisitesN/A

Co-requisitesN/A

Incompatible subjectsN/A

Equivalent subjects EDU4CSD

Special conditionsN/A

Learning resources

Readings

Resource TypeTitleResource RequirementAuthor and YearPublisher
ReadingsBuilding classroom disciplineRecommendedCharles, C. (2005)8TH ED, FRENCHS FOREST, NSW: PEARSON EDUCATION/ALLEN & BACON
ReadingsClassroom management: creating positive learning environmentsRecommendedLyons, G., Ford, M. & Arthur-Kelly, M. (2011)3RD ED, SOUTH MELBOURNE: CENGAGE LEARNING
ReadingsDiscipline dilemmaRecommendedLewis, R.2ND EDN, ACER, 1997.
ReadingsEngagement: inclusive classroom managementRecommendedBrady, L. & Scully, A. (2005)FRENCHS FOREST, NSW: PEARSON/PRENTICE-HALL
ReadingsLearning for teaching: teaching for learningRecommendedWhitton, D. et al (2010)2ND ED, SOUTH MELBOURNE, CENGAGE LEARNING
ReadingsTeaching: making a differenceRecommendedChurchill, R. et al (2012)2ND ED, MILTON, QLD: JOHN WILEY AND SONS
ReadingsYou know the fair rule and much more: strategies for making the hard job of discipline in school easier (Rev. edition)RecommendedRogers, W.MELBOURNE: ACER, 1998.

Graduate capabilities & intended learning outcomes

01. Students develop an understanding of the causes of student behaviour and misbehaviour.

Activities:
Students attend an interactive full-day workshop at the intensive and engage reflectively will all material in the learning modules. Students respond reflectively to material in the learning modules.

02. Students engage with a range of strategies and management options for students across all years of learning.

Activities:
Students engage with a range of strategies and management options for students across all years of learning.

03. Students consider management options for creating and managing a safe learning environment

Activities:
Students construct a management plan for a classroom context using a given online pro-forma.

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Start date between: and    Key dates

Albury-Wodonga, 2015, Week 08-21, Blended

Overview

Online enrolmentYes

Maximum enrolment sizeN/A

Enrolment information

Subject Instance Co-ordinatorRochelle Fogelgarn

Class requirements

Lecture/SeminarWeek: 08 - 08
Two 4.0 hours lecture/seminar per study period on weekdays during the day from week 08 to week 08 and delivered via face-to-face.
"Two preliminary half-day sessions at the on-campus intensive."

Scheduled Online Class
One 2.0 hours scheduled online class per week on weekdays during the day and delivered via online.
"Directed online learning."

Assessments

Assessment elementComments%ILO*
Students engage with online modules and reflect on material4001, 02
Students develop a behaviour management plan for a school context6003