Classroom Environment

This can be a most difficult task for even the most experienced teacher, but there are techniques to learn - and, yes, these are skills that can be learned. Classroom-management is more than just discipline. An organised environment is conducive to good behaviour, as are norms of behaviour, consequences for breach and routines. Good classroom-management means setting the stage for teaching and learning. The effective teacher knows how to keep the classroom orderly, the students organised, attentive and focused. The ultimate aim is to ensure that the students are academically productive. Effective classroom-management strategies reduce the risk of poor behaviour that might affect learning and maximises the chance that students will learn effectively.

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Exploring the Influence of the Classroom Environment on Students' Motivation and Self-regulated Learning in Hong Kong

Power in the Classroom: How the Classroom Environment Shapes Students' Relationships With Each Other and With Concepts

The influence of the high school classroom environment on learning as mediated by student engagement

The Relationship between Classroom Environment and EFL Learners’ Academic Self-Efficacy

THE USAGE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES IN CLASSROOM ENVIRONMENT AMONG PRIMARY SCHOOL TEACHERS AND THEIR PERCEPTION ON IN-SERVICE TRAINING PROGRAMS ON IT

“The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically. Intelligence plus character - that is the goal of true education.”

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Teaching tools for positive psychology A comparison of available textbooks