Classroom-Management Models and Theories

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Classroom Management Models and Theories
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Part 1: Classroom-Management Models and Theories Chart

Theorist or Theory

Describe Key Points

Identify Strengths

Identify Weaknesses

Provide Specific Application(s)

High Scope Approach (Jean Piaget)

* Emphasizes active participatory learning where children are encouraged to have direct, hands-on experience with learning materials.


* Increases children’s participation in classroom activities, bringing the best out of them.

* Children are forced to learn many things simultaneously, limiting their ability to remember important things.

* A teacher encourages children to choose the materials they would like to use and scaffolds them to develop skills around a curriculum framework.

Tools of the Mind Approach
(Lev Vygotsky)

* Mental tools such as play programs, learning plans, buddy reading, numerals game, and the freeze game promote a child’s mental abilities.
* Fosters a child’s executive function, including self-regulation, cognitive flexibility and working memory.

* Enhances children’s learning development and classroom quality.
* Reduces the need for special education for special need children.

* Self-regulation learning seems unrealistic for children with special needs.

* A teacher organizes a play plan for children, instructing them to draw or write about what they would like to be in future.

Montessori Approach
(Maria Montessori)

* Focuses on fostering independence and personal development in classroom
* Understands that children have an innate interest to learn and can do so in a suitable environment.
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* Nurtures independence in early childhood.
* Enhances social interaction among children.

* It is expensive: Requires acquisition of robust and high-quality learning materials.

* Allowing children to engage in hands-on tasks like pouring and scooping, washing the window, and gluing paper. These activities help children develop fine motor skills and demonstrate creativity.

Reggio Emilia Approach
(Loris Malaguzzi)

* Focuses on children’s experiences, thoughts, and feelings.
* Views children as having the ability to achieve beyond expectations given the right opportunities for interacting with the world creatively.

* Fosters a child-centered learning environment.
* Recognizes children’s abilities, making the model appropriate for children with different capabilities.

* Reduces parental involvement or interest in a child’s education.

* Allowing children to play and investigate outdoors to learn about the world around them.
* Encouraging collaboration and problem solving in classroom.

Waldorf Approach
(Rudolph Steiner)

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