Classroom management in language education / Tony Wright.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wright, Tony, 1948 February 18-

Series:

Research and practice in applied linguistics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English language--Study and teaching.

English language.

English language--Study and teaching--Foreign speakers.

Classroom management.

Physical Description:

xi, 497 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.

Place of Publication:

Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2005.

Summary:

What factors influence students' decisions to engage with language learning in the classroom? In what ways do learners and teachers participate in language classroom activity? How do the ever-present factors of time and space contribute to language education practice in the classroom?

These questions are the driving force behind this book, which aims to encourage debate and research about language education, led by issues which emerge from classroom life - the heart of language education practice. Areas such as the affective dimension of classroom life, the role of language in the classroom, the organisation of space and the use of time are explored from a variety of viewpoints. The book draws on a rich array of sources and research data in setting out its case for a reappraisal of what we understand by classroom management, explored here as a multifaceted set of practices in complex contexts of learning and teaching.

Part 1 outlines a view of classroom management based on contemporary understandings of learning, social contexts and language pedagogy. Part 2 examines research and practice in classroom management. Part 3 suggests ways in which readers might further their own research of classroom management, while Part 4 lists resources to assist the student researcher and the practitioner.

Contents:

Part 1 Issues and Themes in Classroom Management 5

1 Towards an Agenda for Understanding Classroom Management 8

2 Classrooms as Formal Contexts for Learning 19

3 Institutional Aspects of Classroom Management 55

4 Classrooms as Multidimensional Contexts 88

5 Concerns and Practices in Classroom Management 115

6 Managing Engagement: The Affective Dimension of Classroom Life 147

7 Pedagogy, Models of Teaching and Classroom Management 187

8 Patterns of Participation: Managing Classroom Talk 221

9 Teachers' Knowledge and Classroom Management 256

Part 2 Classroom Management Practices 287

10 Practices for Managing Time and Space 290

11 Managing Engagement 334

12 Managing Classroom Participation 369

13 New Directions in Research on Classroom Management: Case Studies 395

Part 3 Researching Classroom Management 421

14 Issues and Practice in Research on Classroom Management 424

15 Doing Research on Classroom Management 446

16 Further Resources in Classroom Management 461.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 461-487) and indexes.

ISBN:

1403940886

1403940894

OCLC:

59879591

Publisher Number:

9781403940889

9781403940896