This online tutorial presents information about civility and incivility in the classroom. Methods for encouraging students (even resistant ones!) to be active partners in the learning process, to share the responsibility in the classroom and to reinforce the partnership throughout the term are presented in this online tutorial. Participants who complete this online tutorial will:
Learn more about the issues related to encouraging civil behaviors in the classroom and/or learning environment.
Explore and develop a repertoire of classroom management strategies designed to encourage student civil behaviors in the classroom and/or learning environment.
Learn methods for responding to student misbehaviors in the classroom and/or learning environment.
Overview
Civility in the Classroom provides links to readings about civil behavior in the classroom, including a link to Dr. Joyce Weinsheimer's PowerPoint presentation, Defying the Norm.
1.Identify the types of classroom management concerns that you or your colleagues have had in the past year. Make a list and answer the following points.
a. How do you address student misbehaviors? b. Are you satisfied with your efforts to date? c. What would you like to change? d. What resources do you need to make these changes?
2. What kinds of behaviors do you want from your students in the classroom?
3. What attributes do you want students in your classes to exhibit? Make a list. Begin with: Students will...
4. What behaviors do you want students in your classes to exhibit? Begin with: Students will...
