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clasroommagedis4-6.docxChapter 4: Managing the psychosocial environment
1. What will class building and teambuilding look, sound, and feel like in your class? Describe some activities that you might use for each.
2. Discuss the claim: bullying is no longer as serious in schools as it was 20 years ago.
3. When a compliment is given to someone, should the teacher follow constructive criticism to be most meaningful?
4. Do you agree or disagree with the statement: to say that teachers “model” good manners means that they regularly use good manners when interacting with others.
Chapter 5: Managing student motivation to learn
1. Discuss the definition of Motivation
2. Why do individuals generally try to avoid certain people, conditions, and tasks they perceive to be unpleasant.
3. Successful students should emphasize verbal/linguistic and logical/mathematical intelligence.
4. Describe how you will use class building, teambuilding, and multiple intelligences strategies in a grade of your choice to motivate your students.
Chapter 6: Managing instruction
1. Suppose you decided to teach a haiku lesson by using Say, See, Do Teaching. Describe how you would break the topic into small sequential steps and monitor each student’s progress.
2. Discuss three broad approaches: direct teaching, facilitative teaching, and differentiated instruction.
3. Why do you think many teachers imply teach the way they were taught?
4. How different would it look if you stepped into the classroom of a teacher who knows how to manage the learning process versus a teacher who only knows how to discipline students?
