Becoming a Competent Classroom Manager: An Experience of Preservice Teachers Training in Classroom Management

• In Event: Moscone Center North Roundtable Session 9
  In Roundtable Session: Understanding and Training Preservice Teachers in Classroom Management

Abstract

Despite the importance that classroom management has in teacher job satisfaction and for student development, preservice teacher training related to classroom management skills is practically non-existent in Colombia. This study focused on the design, implementation and evaluation of a classroom management programme for preservice teachers in an undergraduate programme in a private university in Colombia. Eleven undergraduate students of the School of Education participated in a 15-week course, which focused on the development of skills and attitudes. Results indicated that preservice teachers developed classroom management self-efficacy, socioemotional skills, non-controlling, autonomy-related and caring attitudes towards classroom management. Results are discussed in terms of their implications for teachers’ education.

Authors

• Ana Maria Velasquez, Universidad de los Andes, Colombia

• Diego Mendoza, Universidad de los Andes

• Sanjay Nanwani, Universidad de los Andes