The Evidence Based Education Podcast Classroom Management
Dec 15, 2021
Tom Bennett, practical classroom routines expert who champions scripts for tricky moments. Dr Alicia Hodkiewicz, researcher reframing behaviour as helpful vs unhelpful. David Didau, commentator on social norms and how what you permit becomes normal. Professor Rob Coe, research director on maximising opportunity to learn through time-on-task and proactive presence. They discuss routines, norms, framing behaviour and preventing disruption.
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Classroom Management Predicts Learning
- Classroom management is the strongest observable predictor of learning because it maximises students' time on task.
- Rob Coe explains time on task repeatedly correlates with outcomes and poor management visibly reduces attention and learning time.
Prevent Disruption With Small Interventions
- Prevent disruption rather than only reacting to it by scanning the room and using small interventions like eye contact or proximity.
- Rob Coe recommends moving nearer students or signalling subtly to defuse attention lapses before they escalate.
School Climate Shapes Outcomes And Retention
- School-wide climate around order and safety shapes every classroom's learning and teacher retention.
- Rob Coe warns poor behaviour culture drives away good teachers and worsens outcomes, especially in disadvantaged schools.
