CREATIVE

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CREATIVE
Classroom ManagementStrategies Deirdre
Russell-Bowie
For further information see MMADD about the
Arts An introduction to Primary Arts Education
by Deirdre Russell-Bowie, published by Pearson
Education Australia
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CREATIVE Classroom Management
Children
Rewards, Rules and Routines
Environment
Attitudes
Time and resource Management
Interactive Activities
Variety
Effective Communication
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CREATIVE Classroom Management

• Children
• Know your children well.
• WHO to sit them next to (and who NOT to sit them
  next to)
• WHAT their interests and prior learning
  experiences are
• WHERE they come from (home and cultural
  background)
• WHY they act as they do
• HOW they learn (Learning styles, intelligences,
  etc)
• WHAT methods of positive reinforcement work best
  with them
• WHAT their preferred intelligences and learning
  styles are.

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CREATIVE Classroom Management

• Rewards
• Set clear expectations
• Use positive reinforcement (powerful tool)
• Rules
• Set out rules, consequences and rewards at start
  of lesson
• Let children help make up rules
• Let them see WHY the rules are in place
• Routines
• Insist on quiet BEFORE you give instructions
• Give clear explanations
• Set up routines and follow them

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CREATIVE Classroom Management

• Environment
• Physical
• Well organised
• Tidy, attractive
• Warm/cool
• Emotional
• Positive
• Encouraging
• Healthy
• Accepting

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CREATIVE Classroom Management

• Attitudes
• Caught and not taught
• Positive and inspiring
• Teacher should be good role model
• Respecting differences
• Teachers attitudes influence childrens
  attitudes
• Actions speak louder than words
• Children will be enthusiastic, if YOU are
  enthusiastic!

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CREATIVE Classroom Management

• Time and resource management
• Well-paced lesson
• Relate to childrens attention span
• Monitor for boredom and misunderstanding
• Have activity for early finishers
• Have all resources prepared and ready BEFORE the
  lesson
• Plan distribution and collection of resources
  carefully

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CREATIVE Classroom Management

• Interactive Activities
• Less teacher talk, more child-centred learning
  experiences
• Children learn through a variety of experiences
• Children have one or more preferred ways of
  learning / multiple intelligences
• I hear and I forget
• I see and I remember
• I DO and I understand

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Interactive Activities

• Children remember
• 10 of what they READ
• 20 of what they HEAR
• 30 of what they SEE
• 50 of what they HEAR and SEE
• 70 of what they SAY and WRITE
• 90 of what they SAY AS they DO

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CREATIVE Classroom Management

• Variety
• Watch a childrens TV show and note the
  incredible variety
• Teachers compete with TV, computer games,
  movies, SMS texting, etc to make an impact in
  childrens lives
• Use variations in voice
• Faster, slower
• Higher, lower
• Use variations in body movements to create
  interest
• Aim to cover all eight multiple intelligences so
  ALL children can learn through their preferred
  intelligence.

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CREATIVE Classroom Management

• Effective Communication
• Plan carefully what and how you want to
  communicate information
• Use body language, gestures, attitudes, visual
  aids as well as words
• Instructions should be clear, concise and simple
• Avoid chorus answers
• Give clear, simple explanations
• Repeat / reinforce explanations and instructions
• Check understanding questions, visual scanning
• Show examples / demonstrate skills/tasks
• Use positive language

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Children
Rewards, Rules and Routines
Environment
Attitudes
Time and resource Management
Interactive Activities
Variety
Effective Communication