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Blog Post: Defusing Explosives: My Top Ten Tips for Managing Classroom Conflict

Marcella McCarthy

When I was a child, I used to find it almost impossible to watch the sort of films in which James Bond is busy defusing an explosive device that is ticking down towards zero on a time clock. Many were the times when I thought, trembling and hiding behind a cushion, that I would never be able to do such...

on30 Nov 2011
Blog Post: Does Classroom Management Really Work?

James Akenson

To every class period in my elementary social studies and in my secondary social studies methods classes (and even in the graduate level country music course I’m teaching this semester), I give simple, easily executed gifts of teaching strategies and materials that work well with textbooks, worksheets...

on18 Nov 2011
Blog Post: Classroom Management: Ready, Set, Go!

James Akenson

To learn more about the Planet Teachers' Lounge, please click here . Let's be honest, boys and girls: I don't know everything about classroom management, but I am smart enough to listen, view, and read the messages of management gurus Lee Canter and Harry Wong. The good news is that it's...

on9 Sep 2011
Blog Post: They Love You Not? St Valentine’s Advice for Classroom Management

Marcella McCarthy

As St Valentine's Day approaches, I started thinking about the ways in which the same advice that works for relationships outside the classroom works on relationships within the classroom. Somehow, we can't resist making the same mistakes in both cases, and the same solutions are often helpful...

on13 Feb 2011
Blog Post: Behaviour Management – My Top Ten Resolutions

Marcella McCarthy

There are so many ways in which you can make your life easier for yourself when it comes to behaviour management, but sometimes, in the heat of the moment, you forget. These are ten things that I am going to resolve to remember for the new term and the New Year. 1. Praise as often as possible It can...

on29 Dec 2010