Classroom Management and Motivation

[William M Tweedie]

This seems to be one of the most important issues with which teachers everywhere grapple. I have received requests for help with it from all over the world! My special workshop session and book "Managing Motivation" is based on many good sources but some of the best on the web are:

1. Dr. Mac's Amazing Behavior Management Advice Site (Roaming the cyber-hallways with a forged pass) at: http://www.behavioradvisor.com/

2. Dr. Fred Jones, Discipline - Instruction - Motivation at: http://www.fredjones.com/index.html

3. Harry and Rosemary Wong's free column at http://teachers.net/wong/

4. Marjan Glavic's online newsletter: http://www.thebusyeducator.com/

All the sites provide free resources.

My workshop, Managing Motivation, offers practical application of the best principles and ideas in Asian contexts. Contact me for details.

Post your comments and experiences with classroom management and motivation here!

[Rasid Harun]

HOOREY, HOOREY ITS HOLI, HOLIDAY

In a few days to come, schools in Malaysia will be having a long 7 weeks holiday. Heavy traffics on the highways. The trend "balik kampong" ( back to the village) is very Malaysian. Including in the pack and jam on the highways, on the fist week are families of teachers, again oxodus on the last week of holiday of course back to school.

My question; Is this happens in the rest of Asia countries? If so, what satisfy them? the holiday? or did they really worked hard the whole year, while they were with the pupils, good classmanagement, motivated their children and badly need the long holiday. In Malaysia the schooling days are 190 days.

My experience as a primary school prncipal for 20 years in five school of different inviroments gathered this questions (are we in crisis?)

ARE TEACHERS;

1. Well prepared for new session (2008)
2. Using the exams. result to assess? or just for the sake of grading? or just for placement?
3, Using the exams result, for what purposes? Motivasion? enrichment? remedial?

I'm afraid, what our teachers doing, just for the need of administratives not the need of professions.

They plan to fail because they fail to plan, They WRITE in the record books not PLAN in their record books

Happy Holiday to all Malaysian teachers. Regards

[William M Tweedie]

1. These are the questions in Malaysia indeed! Are they the same in other Asian countries?
2. If teachers are not prepared, and not using the exams for the right reasons, then Why? and How can we help them at the school level?

[Rasid Harun]

LET'S SHARE THIS: JAPANESE LAUGHING - FUNNY?

http://youtube.com/watch?v=jZUFndhmJQk

[William M Tweedie]

The message(s) this video conveys is what informed foreign language educators strive so hard to overcome. Any foreign language learner in Asia watching this will have their perception reinforced that English is difficult to learn and that if they make mistakes they will be ridiculed. The corporal punishment is simply a lazy, barbaric and ineffective means of discipline. Unfortunately the people at youtube are not educators or sensitive to the negative cultural implications of some of the material they allow on their site.

[Rawya Shatila]

There are so many things we, teachers, can do to make our job easily. Classroom management is a skill that should be practiced DAILY. I usually decide on my rules and consequences with input from the pupils and get them involved in establishing them. The rules should be so clear for them and let's not forget the impact of rewards on our pupils.

[Serena Ellis]

Classroom management and motivation is very important for everyone school and college. Some school have strict rules. Teachers plays important role in class management. Schülersprachreisen

[2jessica]

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