Managing

Classroom Management

• Walk over to where they are (move around the classroom) 
• Stop and ask them what they think. 
• Ask if they have a question/"Can I help you?" (probably during the work time, not during class?) 
• Make eye contact. 
• Be aware: Are they helping someone? (Pay attention to context clues.) 
• If it's the professor talking: invite them to share with the class the important concept they are discussing  

A student challenges a concept or source?

• Be humble. Acknowledge I don't know everything and offer to get back to them after having some time to look into it. 
• Look at it as an opportunity to learn together; don't shut them down.  

The teacher contradicts something you teach?

• "Interesting point … from my perspective I think … Can you explain … This is a conundrum in the research process, approaches are not always the same … research can be messy" 
• "yes … and" 
• Determine if the info is false vs. simply being another way/approach 
• If it is bad info, challenge directly
• If different approach, teach that's how the research process works: it's messy 
• Help the teacher keep authority/credibility 
• What I've found is … But I can see how that would work, too. 
• Use evidence in peer-reviewed sources because it's research driven. Encourage students to seek all sides. 
• Sometimes you need to handle cognitive dissonance  

A student is disinterested or distracted?

• If they are not disruptive, I can kind of let it go. Remember I don't know what's going on in their life. 
• Pose a question to them.