Every month, the Social Studies Center at Education Place highlights an issue currently in the news. Since all news is Social Studies, themes and ideas usually discussed in the Social Studies classroom can be very helpful in understanding what is going o

Surveys of graduates of education schools and colleges indicate that the #1 area of concern of new teachers is their feelings of inadequacy in managing classrooms. Despite clinical experiences, student teaching, and other observations in classroom settin

Classroom Management refers to the procedures and routines that are used to keep the daily business of the classroom running smoothly.

The strategies teachers use to create such classroom environments have been studied and developed as the area of "classroom management" for many years. This article will examine recent changes in this field and provide concrete examples of new a

A Traditional Classroom often is set up with the desks in rows, the teacher's desk or table somewhere in front of the room, and student desks moved far enough apart to prevent easy wandering of eyes during tests. This arrangement packs desks into the r