How to Manage Teaching and Learning

“How to manage
teaching and
learning”
(by Jeremy Harmer)

Students: Martin, Melisa
Paci, Ma. Belén

Teacher’s physical presence
• Aspects of class management to consider:
 Proximity: how close or distant the teacher is
from students.
 Appropriacy: the way in which teachers stand
or sit in the classroom RELATIONSHIP
 Movement: how much the teacher moves
around the classroom.
 Contact: making eye contact with students,
listening to what they have said and
responding appropriately.

Teacher's chief tools: the voice

Three issues to consider:
 Audibility: teachers need to be audible/ but
not necessary to shout Balance
between audibility and volume
 Variety: teachers should vary the quality of
their voices and the volume.
 Conservation: teachers need to take care of
their voices Breathe correctly

Marking the stages of a lesson

 Beginning: It's useful to start with a routine
and introduce the topic for the class.
 •Development: Teachers should mark the
ending and beginning of activities through
clapping, speaking loudly or saying a rhyme.
 •Ending: The closure of the class should
include a summary of what was taught.

Seating arrangement

•Orderly rows:
 ADVANTAGES:
 Clear view
 Lecturing and discipline much easier
 Easy to walk along the isles.
 Teachers work with the whole class.
 DISADVANTAGES:
 No possibility of eye contact

Seating arrangement
• Circles:
 teacher's position: less dominating
 feeling of equality
• Horseshoes:
 teacher located in a central position, much
opportunity to get close to students.
 Students share feelings and information
through talking, eye contact and body
movements.

Seating Arrangement
•Separate tables:
 ADVANTAGES:
 The teacher can walk around to check
homework and help the students.
 Atmosphere: less hierarchical.
 DISADVANTAGES:
 Students may not like to be with the same
colleagues.
 Whole-class teaching seems more difficult.

Student groupings
 ADVANTAGES:
 - Whole class: sometimes, the best type of
organisation.
 - Groupwork: a cooperative activity,
students participate more equally Independence
 - Pairwork: attractive to students
 - Solowork: students work at their own speed,
more time to think individually.

Student groupings

 DISADVANTAGES:
 - Groupwork/pairwork:
 * students may not like their partners.
 * one student dominating the group.
 * more disruptive behaviour

Evaluation of the success or failure
 Accept new ideas and techniques to take into
the classroom by means of:
 Getting feedback from the students: orally or
asking them to write their answers.
 Inviting a colleague into the classroom to
observe the class.
 Recording the lesson.
 Assessing how well the students are
progressing.

How to Manage Teaching and Learning

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