Teachers' Developing Understandings and Implementation of Classroom Management Through Community-Based Practices

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Abstract

This paper explores the beliefs and actions of teachers during their preparation program, their first year of teaching, and after their third year of teaching to explore their understandings and implementation of classroom management. This paper also looks closely at the culturally responsive classroom management efforts made by one of these teachers in her third year of teaching. It highlights ways that teachers' understandings of classroom management continue to develop during and following their teacher preparation as well as how they develop community with their students. The preliminary findings underscore the importance of responsive classroom management as an empowering tool for teachers and students.

Authors

• Christal Walker, Georgia State University

• Nancy Jo Schafer, Georgia State University