CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT AND STUDENT RESPONSIBILITY

EDU5CSD

2016

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.

School: School of Education

Credit points: 15

Subject Co-ordinator: Rochelle Fogelgarn

Available to Study Abroad Students: Yes

Subject year level: Year Level 5 - Masters

Exchange Students: Yes

Subject particulars

Subject rules

Prerequisites: N/A

Co-requisites: N/A

Incompatible subjects: N/A

Equivalent subjects: EDU4CSD

Special conditions: N/A

Learning resources

Readings

Resource Type	Title	Resource Requirement	Author and Year	Publisher
Readings	Building classroom discipline	Recommended	Charles, C. (2005)	8TH ED, FRENCHS FOREST, NSW: PEARSON EDUCATION/ALLEN & BACON
Readings	Classroom management: creating positive learning environments	Recommended	Lyons, G., Ford, M. & Arthur-Kelly, M. (2011)	3RD ED, SOUTH MELBOURNE: CENGAGE LEARNING
Readings	Discipline dilemma	Recommended	Lewis, R.	2ND EDN, ACER, 1997.
Readings	Engagement: inclusive classroom management	Recommended	Brady, L. & Scully, A. (2005)	FRENCHS FOREST, NSW: PEARSON/PRENTICE-HALL
Readings	Learning for teaching: teaching for learning	Recommended	Whitton, D. et al (2010)	2ND ED, SOUTH MELBOURNE, CENGAGE LEARNING
Readings	Teaching: making a difference	Recommended	Churchill, R. et al (2012)	2ND ED, MILTON, QLD: JOHN WILEY AND SONS
Readings	You know the fair rule and much more: strategies for making the hard job of discipline in school easier (Rev. edition)	Recommended	Rogers, 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.

Albury-Wodonga, 2016, Week 08-21, Blended

Overview

Online enrolment: Yes

Maximum enrolment size: N/A

Enrolment information:

Subject Instance Co-ordinator: Rochelle 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 element	%	ILO*
Task 1a) Analytical response to video case studies (1000 words)	20	01, 02
Task 1b) Collaborative behaviour management planning matrix (500 words equivalence)	10	03
Task 1c) Classroom Management Plan (750 words equivalence)	10
Task 1d) Analytical Reflection on Classroom Management during Placement (1000 words)	20
Task 2 Multi-media presentation: creating a positive learning environment (3000 words equivalence)	40

Albury-Wodonga, 2016, Week 24-35, Blended