Do you know that the furniture, the curtains, the cabinets, the arrangement of the books and other references, the light, sound and temperature can be counted as part of the factors that comprise classroom management.?

            Classroom management can be defined as the teachers’ ability to co-operatively manage time, space, resources, students’ roles and behaviors to provide a climate that encourages learning . Many researchersviewed classroom management as the provisions and procedures necessary to establish and maintain an environment in which instruction and learning can occur.

            Classroom management according to David, (2006) involves a positive classroom

environment, appropriate standards of behaviors for students, effective management of daily

routines and instructions, and engaging the students in classroom activities throughout the

lessons to ensure quality secondary education. The emphasis on classroom management

therefore is dependent on components such as, an engaging curriculum, the teacher as a role

model, students as responsible citizens, classroom management skills, robust instruction and

working with resistance, conflict and stress. If any of this component is neglected, the whole

process is compromised, leading to poor quality in education.

            It is the process of enhancing the learning environment, physical interaction between teachers and students, student to student, parents and others, stimulating and motivating children to learn to learning objectives, control and supervision throughout the school to facilitate and encourage co-operation in teaching and learning activities in the classroom smoothly, will as a result, improve the quality of students performance Sirisuthi and Weangsamoot (2012).

            The classroom is an operational venue in schools which holds students together and offerthem the opportunity of achieving the purpose of education.  It is a room in a school where a group of students or children are taught lessons. Thus, the classroom should be well managed and maintained to bring about healthy learning environment relatively free from behavioral problems which goal should be to maintain a positive productive learning environment and quality performance. The quality of the physical environment, according to researchers, affects the performance of teachers as well as that of students.

            Classroom teachers are known as classroom managers because of their roles in managing

learning activities, instructional procedures, the prevailing attitudes, feeling and atmosphere

in the classroom. Teaching and classroom management cannot be separated because effective

classroom management is characterized by effective discipline, and discipline is seen as an

instruction, training of the mind, and subjection to school rules and regulations. Though

discipline may seem harsh and unpractical for students, it is the most essential element in

securing effective classroom management and an excellent academic performance of students

which leads to quality education.

            Classroom management can be defined as the teachers’ ability to co-operatively manage time, space, resources, students’ roles and behaviors to provide a climate that encourages learning  Duke (1979) viewed classroom management as the provisions and procedures necessary to establish and maintain an environment in which instruction and learning can occur.

            Classroom management according to David, (1996) involves a positive classroom

environment, appropriate standards of behaviors for students, effective management of daily

routines and instructions, and engaging the students in classroom activities throughout the

           

students’ involvement and co-operation in learning to ensure quality secondary education.

            In the following areas,organizing the students; co-coordinating their activities; monitoring their behaviors; ensuring effective learning process; providing instruction through interactive communication; getting feedbacks from learners; preparing and utilizing instructional materials in facilitating learning;maintaining discipline among learners; evaluating learning outcome; ensuring that the problems of above average learners are being solved; relating on one to one basis with learners, being mindful of their basic needs; providing basic information to learners; assisting learners in developing coping skills; providing an exemplary behavior for learners to imitate; and generating interest among learners as well as reinforcing their performance through motivational techniques are part of classroom management.

            Classroom management can be defined as the teachers’ ability to co-operatively manage time, space, resources, students’ roles and behaviors to provide a climate that encourages learning  Duke (1979) viewed classroom management as the provisions and procedures necessary to establish and maintain an environment in which instruction and learning can occur.

            In a school system, where good classroom management is lacking, there is likely to be chaos which affects the teaching-learning process, and the standard of students performance, hencea good teacher should be acquainted with such problems, be able to prevent and find

solutions to such problems in order to promote quality secondary education. These problems

are as follows: The most crucial of all problems is overcrowded classroom which constitutes a serious problem in many school systems (Burnett, 1995) particularly in urban areas where space fornew construction of classroom is at a premium and funding for such construction is limited.

As a result, students find themselves trying to learn in overcrowded classrooms, where 60-80

as a classroom teacher showed that overcrowded classrooms lead to noise

making and restlessness lose interest and lack concentration on their lessons. Teachers spend

much time controlling and managing the students instead of teaching, thereby making the

teaching-learning process cumbersome especially in group work and co-operative learning.

Some recent studies (Schneider, 2002, Lewis, 2000) have linked teacher effectiveness and

            Teachers and students sometimes perceive things in different ways and these differences

perception constitute a management problem. To reduce these differences, and in order to be

effective, and promote quality teaching and learning, teachers must be proactive, facilitative

and imaginative classroom managers,

Reference:

www. macrothink.org/ijeInternational Journal of Education.2014

By: Jhonalyn P. Onsan | Teacher I | Bataan National High School | City of Balanga, Bataan