Sınıf Yönetim Profiliniz - Your Classroom Management Profile

What is your classroom management Profile?

Answer these 12 questions and learn more about your classroom management profile. The steps are simple:

• Read each statement carefully.

• Write your response, from the scale below, on a sheet of paper.

• Respond to each statement based upon either actual or imagined classroom experience.

• Then, follow the scoring instruction below. It couldn't be easier!

Quiz:

1. If a student is disruptive during class I assign him/her to detention or remove him/her from the class without further discussion.

2. I don't want to impose any rules on my students.

3. The classroom must be quiet in order for students to learn.

4. I am concerned about both what my students learn and how they learn.

5. If a student turns in a late homework assignment, it is not my problem.

6. I don't want to reprimand a student because it might hurt his/her feelings.

7. Class preparation isn't worth the effort.

8. I always try to explain the reasons behind my rules and decisions.

9. I will not accept excuses from a student who is tardy.

10. The emotional well-being of my students is more important than classroom control.

11. My students understand that they can interrupt my lecture if they have relevant questions.

12. If a student requests a hall pass, I always honor the request.

To score your quiz:

• Add your responses to statements 1, 3 and 9. This is your score for the authoritarian style.

• Add your responses to statement 4, 8, and 11. This is your score for the authoritative style.

• Add your responses to statements 6,10 and 12. This is your score for the laissez-faire style.

• Add your responses to statements 2, 5 and 7. This is your score for the indifferent style.

The result is your classroom management profile. Your score for each management style can range from 3 to 15. A high score indicates a strong preference for that particular style. After you have scored your quiz, and determined your profile, read the descriptions of each management style. You may see a little bit of yourself in each one.

(Hawley, C. 1997. Center for Adolescent Studies. Indiana University.)

Classroom Management Profile - Four Categories:

Authoritarian

• sets his/her rules firmly

• no tolerance

• Students exposed to strict discipline

• Students are expected to comply with whatever teacher asks of them

• The "omni-knower"

Authoritative

• Also puts restrictions and controls on the pupils

• Stimulates learner independence

• Misbehavior kindly but decisively warned

• Students develop a higher self-esteem

• More enthusiastic students

Indifferent

• Disabled in reigning the class

• Disinterested attitude

• No communication between teacher and the pupils

• No effort spent on teacher's side

• A carefree attitude towards the learning process

Laissez - faire

• No pressure on the students

• Over-permissive

• Students on their own