For lessons to be successful, your classroom management is of paramount importance. You may have the best planned lesson ever but if your classroom isn’t set up well and your instructions don’t work then the lesson will fail.
What is involved in Classroom Management?
- classroom layout
- student/teacher interaction
- setting up activities including giving and checking instructions
- feedback on activities
- use of technical aids
In this post I will talk about setting up the classroom and consider a variety of interaction patterns. For instruction giving, see part 2.
Classroom Layout & Interaction Patterns
Where should the students and teacher be seated? Should there be desks or not? What (if any) equipment is required for the lesson?
