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Syllabus Set Course 2
Syllabus Set Course 2
Textbooks (Required):
Weinstein, C. S. (2003). Elementary Classroom Management (2nd ed.). New York: Mc-
Graw-Hill.
AND
Roade, G., Jenson, W., Kenton Reavis, H. (1992). The Tough Kid Book: Practical
Classroom Management Strategies. Longmonst, CO: Sopris West.
Course Description:
NOTE: Late work will NOT be accepted unless you have discussed it with the
instructor PRIOR to the assignment due date.
Special Needs—If any member of the class feels s/he has a disability and needs special
accommodations, please let me know so that I can work with you to provide reasonable
accommodations. Please provide this information/request immediately before or after
class on the first or second meeting. Thank you!
Course Objectives:
This course is designed to encourage potential educators to more fully understand the
approaches that can be employed when managing a classroom and more specifically,
their role in maximizing student learning opportunities. By the end of the class,
Autobiography (10%)
Write an education related autobiography/life history -- a story of how you have come to
think about teaching as a profession. Identify important people or “critical incidents” that
significantly influenced your decision and your thinking about the aims of education,
about the proper role of teachers, and about you as a student. Consider your experiences
in school. What memories do you have? How did you best learn? When did you feel
most valued, connected, and happy? What are some negative experiences you remember
about school?
Participants are required to maintain a journal that contains their reflections on their own
experiences with classroom management techniques, critical reviews of the readings and
course materials, guest speakers, and other things related to class content and discussions.
The journal should be submitted for review every two weeks (via e-mail).
The final journal assignment will ask you to assess your growth this semester. You will
re-read your reflections and note any changes, any recurrent themes, things you disagree
with now/still agree with, etc. We will discuss this more at a later date.
All books will need to be approved by the instructor before 2/9. There will be 3-5 minute
in-class presentations of your review.