It's All An Act
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It's All An Act

Practising The Art Of Successful Classroom Management

  1. 180 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub
Available until 4 Feb |Learn more

It's All An Act

Practising The Art Of Successful Classroom Management

About this book

From trainee teachers to veteran, battle-hardened staff, the recurring nightmare is of a class of teenagers who simply will not do as they are told. The stomach-clenching, hand-trembling, knee-jittering question we ask ourselves at the start of each new year is, 'What if the pupils walk all over me?' No matter how confident we are in our own abilities, regardless of our position in the school, irrespective of the reputation we have built for ourselves, if we do not ask ourselves that question, then sooner or later we are in for a nasty shock. When it comes to classroom management, we are all in the same boat. We all experience classroom management challenges. It's All An Act offers a range of practical, no-nonsense, pragmatic strategies and techniques to try out, practise, adapt or abandon. It works on the premise that, to a great extent, classroom management is something we can do with pupils rather than to them. In response to the cry of, 'What's the point? That would never work!' the reply is, 'Give it a go. What have you got to lose?' For colleagues under the cosh of lesson preparation, marking, administration, meetings and deadlines, it's an easy read. What have you got to lose?

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Table of contents

  1. Title Page
  2. It’s All An Act
  3. About the Author
  4. Dedication
  5. Copyright Information Ā©
  6. Acknowledgement
  7. First Things First
  8. Before You Begin
  9. What to Wear
  10. Your Classroom
  11. Arranging the Desks
  12. Displays
  13. Equipment
  14. First Lessons
  15. So, What to Do First?
  16. Seating Plans
  17. Assume IT Will Let You Down
  18. The Power Place
  19. Stand Up
  20. Repeat Performance
  21. Introductions
  22. Taking the Register
  23. The Pencil Sharpener Syndrome
  24. Rambo vs Clint Eastwood
  25. Playing the Game
  26. Making Tiny Things Big
  27. Routines
  28. Homework Is Homework
  29. Before You Go
  30. An Incremental Approach
  31. Step One The Look
  32. Step Two The Name
  33. Step Three The Name (Version Two)
  34. Step Four Stand Up
  35. Step Five Stand Up and Question
  36. Stage Six The Private-Public Conversation
  37. Stage Seven Deferred Conversation
  38. Stage Eight Scale of 1–10
  39. Stage Nine There’s No Escape
  40. Stage Ten Use Your Army
  41. Knotty Problems
  42. The Cracked Record Technique
  43. What Have I Done Wrong?
  44. Permission to Speak, Sir
  45. Location, Location, Location
  46. Techniques to Try
  47. The Slow Walk
  48. Counting from Five to One
  49. Silent Counting from Five to One
  50. Hands Up
  51. Keep the Beat
  52. Working Noise Level
  53. Three, Two, One
  54. Stop, Stand and Scan
  55. Breaking the Spell
  56. In the Dark
  57. Lights Off
  58. Stop, Please
  59. Softly Spoken
  60. Building in Silence
  61. Interrupting the Flow
  62. Shutting Down the Lesson
  63. Venting Your Spleen
  64. Selected Deafness
  65. Fly on the Wall
  66. Reaping and Sowing
  67. The Vending Machine
  68. Crime and Punishment
  69. Detention Block
  70. Whole Class Punishments
  71. He’s Behind You!
  72. Suspended Sentence
  73. Deal or No Deal?
  74. The Goldfish Bowl Syndrome
  75. That’s My Job
  76. Using the Right Words
  77. Relationships
  78. Do’s and Don’ts Be Positive
  79. Be Enthusiastic
  80. Be Kind
  81. Be Consistent
  82. Be Polite
  83. Be Rational
  84. Be Fair
  85. Be Honest with Yourself
  86. Don’t be Sarcastic
  87. Don’t Deliberately Humiliate
  88. Don’t Touch Children
  89. Backtracking
  90. Things That Make Behaviour Management Difficult
  91. Potentially Disruptive Activities
  92. Reclaiming the Ground
  93. Beauty
  94. The Beast
  95. Risky Strategies Open Discussions
  96. You Have the Power
  97. It’s All an Act