The document summarizes the Kounin Model of classroom management developed by Jacob Kounin. The model focuses on preventative discipline techniques to avoid problems. Key ideas include the teacher maintaining awareness of all students and activities, keeping students actively engaged, addressing issues simultaneously, providing enjoyable and challenging lessons, and reducing student satiation through progress, challenges, enthusiasm and variety. The model emphasizes the ripple effect of correcting one student's behavior positively impacting others, withitness or awareness, overlapping issues, effective transitions, and group focus.
The document summarizes the Kounin Model of classroom management developed by Jacob Kounin. The model focuses on preventative discipline techniques to avoid problems. Key ideas include the teacher maintaining awareness of all students and activities, keeping students actively engaged, addressing issues simultaneously, providing enjoyable and challenging lessons, and reducing student satiation through progress, challenges, enthusiasm and variety. The model emphasizes the ripple effect of correcting one student's behavior positively impacting others, withitness or awareness, overlapping issues, effective transitions, and group focus.
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The document summarizes the Kounin Model of classroom management developed by Jacob Kounin. The model focuses on preventative discipline techniques to avoid problems. Key ideas include the teacher maintaining awareness of all students and activities, keeping students actively engaged, addressing issues simultaneously, providing enjoyable and challenging lessons, and reducing student satiation through progress, challenges, enthusiasm and variety. The model emphasizes the ripple effect of correcting one student's behavior positively impacting others, withitness or awareness, overlapping issues, effective transitions, and group focus.
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EDE 702 Summer 2002 Jacob Kounin • Focuses on preventive discipline -- techniques and strategies designed to prevent the occurrence of discipline problems in the first place. • Good classroom management depends on effective lesson management. Kounin’s Principle Teachings • Teachers need to be attentive to all aspects of the classroom. • Effective teachers keep students attentive and actively involved. • Teachers should be able to attend to two activities at the same time. • Activities should be enjoyable and challenging. Kounin’s Key Ideas The Ripple Effect Withitness Overlapping Effective Transitions Group Focus Satiation The Ripple Effect • The "ripple effect" occurs when the teacher corrects a misbehavior in one student, and this positively influences the behavior of other nearby students. Withitness • Awareness of what is going on in all parts of the classroom at all times. Overlapping • Being able to attend to two or more issues at the same time. Effective Transitions • Keeping lessons moving with avoiding abrupt changes. Group Focus • The ability to keep members of the class or group paying attention to the task Satiation • Being satisfied or having enough Teachers can reduce satiation by:
Providing a feeling of progress
Offering challenges throughout the lesson Being enthusiastic Adding VARIETY to the lesson For more about Jacob Kounin’s theories, check out his book: Discipline and Group Management in Classrooms