Open AccessMINIMIZING CHAOS THROUGH COOPERATIVE CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT
Author(s) -
Gena Rhoades
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
main issues of pedagogy and psychology/mankavarzhut'yan ev hogebanut'yan himnakhndirner
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2953-7878
pISSN - 1829-1295
DOI - 10.24234/miopap.v12i3.32
Subject(s) - trainer , class (philosophy) , feeling , classroom management , mathematics education , work (physics) , pedagogy , psychology , group work , focus (optics) , computer science , social psychology , engineering , mechanical engineering , physics , optics , artificial intelligence , programming language
There are many reasons for students to work in small groups in any class, but when the focus is on teaching them a language, the need to do so, multiplies. During my time as a teacher and teacher trainer, I have heard many reasons why teachers do not want to use group work, and it seems to boil down to a feeling of being unable to control the class. Fortunately, my first few years of teaching were in a program where small-group and whole class interactions were expected. Small classes gave students many opportunities to practice the target language and receive feedback from their peers and instructors.