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Classroom Management For Urban Teachers: Lessons From Films And Real-Life Experiences, Krystal Heard

Senior Honors Theses

Identifying effective classroom management techniques and working discipline methods is a challenge within the education arena, particularly for new teachers. An educator reading this thesis will be able to identify leading problems in managing student behaviors, especially within the inner-city classroom. This thesis highlights a number of prevention strategies and addresses how to avoid ineffective techniques. By acquiring a better understanding of the hidden rules of poverty, the reader will learn how to adapt classroom management strategies to meet students’ needs within the inner-city classroom. Various movies have been made concerning effective inner-city teachers. These films are based on real …