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MANAGING THE PRIMARY ESL CLASSROOM

CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT THEORY

BUILDING THE FOUNDATION SKINNER GLASSER

THOMAS GORDON

NORRISAH KHALID

SITI HARLIZA RAMLI

NOR LAILI ALI

BUILDING THE FOUNDATION

CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT THEORY

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Descriptions

The goal of psychology should be practical

The best way to modify

behavior was to modify

environment

Did not approve the

use of punishment in

school

STRATEGIES OF THE THEORY

1. Operant conditioning

2. Reinforcement schedule

Behavior that act on the surrounding

environment to produce consequences

2 categories :i. Continuous

reinforcement schedule

ii. Partial reinforcement

schedule

IMPLEMENTATION OF THE THEORY

Teachers and parents reward students for good

behavior

Advocate for immediate praise, feedback and reward to encourage change in behavior

Advocates for teacher identification and reflection on environmental effects on

pupils behavior

PRACTICALLITY OF THEORY IN CLASSROOM

Set up reinforcement schedules with pupils

Set up a ‘token economy’

Deprive pupils of educational tasks they enjoy

The use of positive reinforcement give

pleasant result more effective than negative

reinforcement

Suitable and can be used to modify pupils’

behavior

Guides pupils to master the concept of discrimination

Sometimes negative reinforcement is also suitable to achieve

desire behavior

STRENGTH

Arranging the classroom

environment is appropriate in

learning

Rewards avoids the possibility to find

intrinsic motivation

WEAKNESSES

The use of reward trains humans to

expect rewards to what they do

Teacher have to go through

failure in order to get success

BUILDING THE FOUNDATION

CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT THEORY

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Descriptions

Focus on personal choice,

responsibility and

transformation

Apply theory to broader

social issues

Choice theory : a person’s behavior

inspired by what that

person wants or needs

THE CHOICE THEORY

behaveWe are driven to satisfy basic needs: survival,

love, belonging, power, freedom and fun

To replace external control psychology

IMPLEMENTATION OF THE THEORY

Teacher must share with pupils that they have a say

in what they learn

Teaching through the use of skits or role-

playing

Teacher could encourage pupils to made creative

representations to show the importance of choices

Revolutionary theory

Give satisfaction to pupils to learn in their

preferred way

Contains basic common sense

philosophy

STRENGTH

Students’ learning and retention

increased

Disconnect people from other

WEAKNESSES

The use of forcing and punishing is destructive

to relationship

disconnectedness can cause almost all

human problems

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CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT THEORY

THOMAS GORDON, 1978

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Descriptions

Help individuals improve

relationship

Revolutionary approach

Reject traditional models of

reward and punishment

STRATEGIES OF THE THEORY

developing meaning and mutually

beneficial relationships

Conflicts is an evitable parts of relationship but

it does not have to destroy the relationship

Open and honest communication can help to find solution

Both parties should agree with the solution made

CONFLICT SOLVING STEPS

1. Behavior window

2. Active listening

3. No-lose conflict

resolution

i-message

APPLICATION OF THE THEORY

Defining a problem Generating possible solutions

Evaluating the solutions

Deciding which solutions is the best

Determining how to implement the decision Assessing how well the

solution solve the problems

PRACTICALLITY OF THEORY IN CLASSROOM

Students-centered teaching

Democratic leadership

Group-centered leadership model

STRENGTH

Assisting students taking control their behavior

Lifelong implications to the

students

Allows teacher to influence the students’

behavior

Teacher learn how to manage classroom in

better way

Students learn to deal with conflicts

Students able to used and adapt

the skill

Encourage students cooperation and

participation

The information given are too

intensive

WEAKNESSES

The training takes too long

Teacher have to go through

failure in order to get success

Takes time to master the methods