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CREATIVE

Classroom
Managemen
t
Strategies
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
d.russell-bowie 101585: Music Lecture
CREATIVE Classroom Management

Children
Rewards, Rules and Routines
Environment
Attitudes
Time and resource Management
Interactive Activities
Variety
Effective Communication
d.russell-bowie 101585: Music Lecture
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.

d.russell-bowie 101585: Music Lecture


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

d.russell-bowie 101585: Music Lecture


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
children’s 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 children’s 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

d.russell-bowie 101585: Music Lecture


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 children’s TV show and note
the incredible variety
 Teachers compete with TV, computer
games, movies, SMS texting, etc to
make an impact in children’s 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
d.russell-bowie  Use positive language
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CREATIVE Classroom

Management
CChildren
RRewards, Rules and Routines
EEnvironment
A
TAttitudes
ITime and resource Management
VInteractive Activities
EVariety
d.russell-bowie
Effective Communication
101585: Music Lecture

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