EDST4084: Managing the Classroom Environment

1250 word student wellbeing module (20%), 2000 word problem-solving exercise (40%), 2500 word classroom management plan (40%)

Must have completed EDST2002 (Professional Experience)

Out of all my EDST courses, this has been by far the best both theoretically and practically.

Sue created a friendly and engaging learning environment which really encouraged participation, which included live polls and questions throughout the lectures. She also practised what she taught, and it impacted the importance of her teachings greatly. It seemed like she loved lecturing and brought a positive atmosphere to each lecture and tutorial. If you have her as your lecturer, get excited!

The content was super useful, especially since behaviour management is a huge aspect of teaching. It included aspects to minimise potential misbehaviour and actions to take if misbehaviour occurs, both minor or major. Practices that I'll definitely be using in my career (something that can't as easily be said with my other courses). This is also why I like the final assessment task (Classroom management plan) since it forces us to review the course content and apply it to a variety of given examples.

The assessments, although at times were not fun to write out (especially the problem-solving exercise) each assessment was scaffolded and explained in great detail. Given that a major problem in a lot of EDST courses forms due to the lack of explaining the tasks, I appreciated how well laid out it all was, albeit how time-consuming it was.

It's a shame we had to shift to an online environment since the quality in the lectures and tutorials decreased due to the fact it was harder for students to actively participate, but even with that said, she handled the transition very well, and her ability to teach online was very surprising.

2hr lecture, 1hr tute per week.

3.1/5

Yes

Sue O’Neil

Reading list and videos (however strongly encouraged to include external readings as well in our assignments).

4.5/5

Classroom management for middle and high school teachers (10th ed.). Emmer, E. T., & Evertson, C. M. (2017).
Was available through the library as an ebook, was needed for some of the readings and almost essential for some assessments

T1 2020

78 DN

1250 word student wellbeing module (20%), 2000 word problem solving exercise (40%), 2500 word classroom management plan (40%)

Must have completed EDST 2002, and enrolled in a bachelor of education.

Yes