Classroom Management:An Appreciative Inquiry Appproach

A description of what effective teachers do to
manage their classes.This appreciative enquiry, a
strategy for intentional change was conducted in
order to identify the best of what exists in
classroom management and to present them to
practitioners. This is intended to enhance the
practice of teaching, while empowering the
teachers.Additionally,these best practices in
classroom management will benefit students as they
prepare for the working world, and life in
general.This book is important in that it is
intended to ignite a reformation in the manner in
which teachers manage their classrooms. It is the
author''s hope that eventually everyone will benefit
because society is in chaos and a change is needed.
The teacher behaviours that emerged from this
inquiry as essential for effective classroom
management gave birth to the HoShing-Clarke EASI-R
Classroom Management Model.