4.2 – Manage classroom activities
Demonstrate the capacity to organise classroom activities and provide clear directions
A classroom with effective implementation of classroom management strategies positively impacts on the academic outcomes of students (Bellezza 2015, p.15). During my practicum it was an aim of mine to improve my classroom management skills. Visual arts is a subject that is regularly open to individual interpretation; therefore, if I want students to demonstrate learning criteria in a specific way, I need to ensure that my activities, instructions and demonstrations are presented in a logical manner, with clear and detailed instructions. When designing unit plans/lesson plans I have found that identifying the learning goals that I want to achieve and recognising how each of the learning goals relate to each other allows me to effectively manage classroom activities. This means that I can be prepared with a logical and sequential unit plan, teaching strategies, resources, and ready for any difficulties that students may face. When I am adequately prepared, I feel more confident in my lesson delivery and my instructional quality is enhanced. The evidence that I have provided is my report from my university supervisor which describes my management of the class which he observed and a lesson plan with outline of the classroom acitivies.
References:
Bellezza, S 2015, ‘Teacher Efficacy for Behaviour Management: An Examination of the Construct and its Predictors’, PhD thesis, North Carolina State University, North Carolina, < https://search-proquest-com.access.library.unisa.edu.au/docview/1703715581?pq-origsite=primo >
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