John Andrius Apps

Teaching Strategies focus on providing guidance with commonclassroom problems.

The Teacher Matters Teaching Strategies 2 App is the second in thisseries and focuses on a variety of teaching methods and strategiesdesigned to assist teachers in developing skills in managing arange of classroom management and behavioral problems. Thestrategies presented here are likely to be encountered by teacherson a day-to-day basis. In the second of this series there are nineteaching strategies focusing on: - Lack of Cooperation - IncessantQuestioning - The Bully - Drug Abuse - Cluttered Desks - CallingOut Answers - Using Bad Language - The Apathetic Student -Absenteeism Each strategies follows the format of: - A descriptionof the problem. - Probable causes of the problem. - The strategy'sgoal. - The plan - how to implement the strategy. This app issuitable for use on Android Tablets.

The Models of Discipline app focuses onproviding practical and helpful information on how to manageday-to-day classroom discipline issues. Nine popular theoreticalmodels of discipline from some of the leading contemporary behaviormanagement and discipline theorists are included in this app, theyare:- William Rogers- William Glasser- Rudolf Dreikers- Fredric Jones- Fritz Redl & William Wattenberg- Jacob Kounin- Lee and Marlene Canter- Hiam Ginott- B. F. SkinnerEach of the models included in this app describes:- Key ideas about the model- Information explaining the model- General comments about the model- Finally, a section on how to apply the model in a classroomsetting.To assist in understanding what your approach to disciplinemight be, Teacher Matters has also created a self analysis toolwhich is designed to assist in discovering what discipline approachyou tend to favor. The tool is called the Discipline BeliefsInventory and is based on Wolfgang and Glickman’s research and isavailable from the website.This app is suitable for use on AndroidTablets.

Classroom teachers are expected to carryoutvarious functions or roles within the classroom.These roleschangedepending on the expectation you have of students.There are five main roles that teachers fulfill inclassrooms.These roles are:1 - Communication.Learning and teaching in the classroom predominately takeplacethrough interpersonal communication between teachers andstudents.Effective student learning depends largely upon the strongandpositive management of classroom communication in all its formsandsituations2 - Planning.Whether it be the start of the school year, the commencement ofanew term or the start of a new position within a school,effectiveteaching, learning and classroom management depend oneffectiveplanning.3 - Motivation.Motivation is a vital factor in the teacher's managementoflearning and behavior in the classroom. Motivation signifiesthecauses or 'why' of behavior; it is concerned with questions oftheenergizing of behavior and the direction given to behavior.4 - Controlling.Controlling is the process by which teachers ensure thatthelearning activities and behavior of children in the classroomareconsistent with the objectives, expectations and plans ofbothteachers and school.5 - Organizing.The organising role involves teachers in making arrangementsanddeveloping an orderly structure, which will unify all elementsinthe classroom into a coherent and functioning whole.The Roles of the Teacher App focuses on the foundations ofthesefive important roles.This app is suitable for use byAndroidTablets.