Classroom Management
4:25 pm on the 11th of October, 2006While I know that the degree I am studying for is worth very little as a degree, I am really happy to be taking what I know into schools - for the simple reason that I will be able to teach 5 subjects* which have a huge range of skills and knowledge needed. There is a great balance between vocational skill and more academic theory. The problem that goes along with having such a range in one department though is having to fit all these different subjects into a relatively small number of rooms.
My pet hate at the moment is people sitting down to do practical work - it isn’t safe and it makes too easy to mess up the work - but the stools are an evil nescessity in the craft rooms because a lot of the time there is written work to be done. Gone are the days of having huge departments with enough rooms to take your class to either writing desks or to benches. The school I’m at currently doesn’t have the space to keep them out the way all the time so time is spent at the start of every lesson getting the stools moved to one side, then all through the lesson you have to go round howking them from underneath the lazier pupils, it gets pretty tiring. Any suggestions out there? Also, Chris wrote a very interesting post about PTs versus Faculty Heads today.
* Craft and Design, Graphic Communication, Technological Studies, Product Design, and Practical Craft Skills
