Classroom Rights and Responsibilities: Who Has More?
Whenever classroom management is talked about, it is normally the teacher’s skills that are scrutinized and put under investigation. Being the qualified professional, the teacher is expected to “run the show” and have control over the classroom discipline that fosters a conducive learning environment. This is definitely reasonable but is classroom management solely the task of the teacher? Or can we also speak of students having a role in this task as well? After all, they are the main clients of the school. Shouldn’t they have a role to play in managing the classroom?
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