EDUC 308 Blog

Garrett's (2008) article suggests that the philosophy we adopt in our teaching should align with the philosphy we embrace in our management - but, many teachers who believe in student-centered learning struggle to give up teacher-centered management. What do you think about Garrett's premise? Why do you think teachers struggle with this? When I first read about this I was a little confused but it makes a lot more sense now. It does make sense to me that if you believe in having a student centered learning environment in your classroom then you should also have a student centered management environment in your classroom as well. I can understand how teachers may struggle with giving up the teacher-centered management because in my opinion I think giving students a say in management can be much more stressful and challenging than just giving them a say in the learning and activities for example when talking about student centered learning. I do agree with this idea thoug...

How are your initial thoughts about management already changing or being reinforced? I have a lot of thoughts relating to management already this quarter. I honestly thought coming into this class that it was mainly going to be about how to keep your classroom under control and make rules for your classroom but I have already realized that it is going to be so much more than that. I am so excited to get to really gain more knowledge on how to create an amazing classroom environment for my students and learn different strategies to use in my classroom. I think that there are so many different aspects of management and I don't know much at all so especially as a new teacher I believe that everything we learn this quarter is going to be super valuable. How do Charles' three purposes for management (he calls it classroom discipline) complement each other? Charles three purposes for management complement each other in a few ways. All three of those objectives are relat...