Handbook : Unit informationEdith Cowan University

School: Education

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• Unit Title

  Classroom Management and Instruction

• Unit Code

  EDU6230

• Year

  2018

• Enrolment Period

  1

• Version

  1

• Credit Points

  10

• Full Year Unit

  N

• Mode of Delivery

  On Campus
  

• Unit Coordinator

  Ms Helen Margaret EGEBERG

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Description

Effective classroom management is more than quick fix strategies or a bag of tricks. It is a purposeful philosophical, ethical and theoretical code of conduct. This unit aims to engage students in reflecting on the assumptions they hold about students, the role of the teacher and the level of control given to students. This reflection is supported through an assessment of contemporary theoretical models in dealing with classroom behaviour which will enable the students to develop a personal management plan. The unit is practical and will include skill development in effective teaching strategies, connecting with youth, dealing with common classroom misbehaviours, restorative processes as well as learning how to de-escalate conflict. The unit is predicated on the belief that all students have positive potential and no student is disposable.

Equivalent Rule

Previously coded EDU4230

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

1. Discuss the premise that all children and youth have positive potential.
2. Apply the skills used to connect with children and youth, clarify the challenges young people face and enable young people to restore harmony to their lives.
3. Critically assess the major paradigms used to support approaches to the management of student behaviour.
4. Reflect on current practice in working with young people and identify guiding assumptions about the nature of young people and development of student responsibility.
5. Articulate a vision for working with youth within a learning environment, identify the essential components for effective instruction and the maintaining of a safe and accountable learning environment.
6. Apply the skills necessary for connecting with challenging youth.

Unit Content

1. Disconnected youth and strategies to connect with them.
2. Approaches to classroom management.
3. Effective classroom management as a reflective, meaningful and caring way of supporting children and youth.
4. Research and evidence of strength based programs for managing behaviour and enhancing student learning.
5. Development of a personal management plan.
6. System and school policies of behaviour management.
7. Developing skills in working with young people and supporting them on pathways to responsibility.

Learning Experience

Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECU Blackboard.

For more information see the Semester Timetable

Additional Learning Experience Information

Lectures workshop/seminars, case studies, group discussions, student presentations and skill based workshops.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.

Core Reading(s)

• McDonald, T. (2013). Classroom Management : Engaging Students in Learning (2nd ed.). Sydney: Oxford University Press.
• McDonald, T. (2010). Classroom management: Engaging students in learning. Melbourne: Oxford University Press.

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