Classroom Management: Decoding the Strategies of Chinese Elementary Teachers

This research aims to answer the question: What classroom management strategies do Chinese elementary teachers use in order to obtain student attention? Chinese classroom sizes are much larger than traditional Canadian classrooms, so how do teachers control such great amounts of students? During a three-month stay in Chongqing, China qualitative research methods will be utilized to collect data. Naturalistic observation will be conducted and field notes will be analyzed in order to decode classroom management strategies. Ultimately, these data will be compared to Canadian classroom management strategies and the findings could foster a much improved learning environment here at home.

Faculty Supervisor:

Shijing Xu

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Partner:

Southwest University

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Education

University:

University of Windsor

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