Effective Classroom Management Behavior Study

Major: Theory of Curriculum and Instruction Specialty: Instruction Theory Tutor: Professor Jin Yu Le Author: Liu Jia FangThe study of effective classroom management behavior is a developing branch in the field of education research since 1960s. Viewed from the general tendency of the theoretical research and practices, the study is developing towards the direction of flexibility and democracy, with a transition from "hardness" to "softness". On the basis of the reflections upon the research of effective classroom management behavior, the present study reexamines the theory of effective classroom management behavior, with the purpose of constructing the theory and the model of effective classroom management behavior which are applicable to the special context in our country.The present paper consists of five parts:Introduction: This part addresses the proposition of the subject, and the conception and the framework of the research, as well as the significance of the study. It also introduces briefly the general orientation of the study of effective classroom management behavior.Part One: This section is a historical review of the study of effective classroom management behavior. First, it divides the development of study of effective classroom management behavior into different historical stages, and summarizes the basic characteristics of the research in each historical stage. Then, it introduces the theory construction and models of effective classroom management behavior in foreign countries, concluding that these theories and models have their advantages and disadvantages, and synthesis of them is desired in application. Third, it makes a prediction of the future tendency of the study of effective classroom management behavior, claiming that effective classroom management behavior in the future will devote more attention to the student, attaching great importance to the classroom interaction, to the pluralism of the theoretical orientation and to the motivation of the student as well. This historical review provides the basis for the construction of the subsequent thoughts on effective classroom management behavior.Part Two: This part concerns the basis and characteristics of effective classroom management behavior. The analysis is conducted from two aspects: The first is an analysis of the theoretical base of effective classroom management behavior from the point of view of the related studies such as sociology, cultural study, psychology and pedagogy, focusing on the theoretical implications which these respective studies giveto the study of effective classroom management behavior. The second is an analysis of the nature and characteristics of effective classroom management behavior. It starts from the distinction of several relevant concepts, and works out the nature and characteristics of effective classroom management behavior, stating that the nature of classroom management behavior is to promote the planning of the student's positive behavior, and its feature is an organic synthesis of the characteristics of education, promptness, involvement, normalization and operation.Part Three: This part discusses the orientation and types of effective classroom management behavior. According to the present study, the orientation of effective classroom management behavior possesses the characteristic of pluralism, with quality at its core, and with scientific management methods and group support as its guarantee. The three factors restrict each other and interact upon each other.Part Four: This part analyzes the process of effective classroom management behavior. It divides the process into several mutually connected procedures, from the setting of objectives, construction of environment and discipline, and the promotion of positive behavior, handling of problematic behavior and the enhancement of the student's ability of self-control.Part Five: This part deals with the strategies of effective classroom management behavior. It first analyzes the existing problems, as well as their cau...