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Educational Management

Notes (4) Role as Researcher : Teacher should have the ability deal the problems of classroom management.
He should have the knowledge and skill for using action research. Classroom management
problems can be solved with the help of action research project.
(5) Role as Manager : Teacher should know the functions, authorities, and responsibilities of a
manager. The main functions of a manager are planning, organizing, supervising, directing
coordinating and controlling the teaching process. Now a teacher has a very wide area of
responsibilities.
(6) Role as Leader : A manager should have leadership quality. A teacher functions as a leader of
his class. Academic leadership is the most important function of a teacher.
The knowledge of teaching, training and instruction can be effectively used by a teacher in
managing classroom activities.

In the modern era, a teacher has enumerable responsibilities as our society becomes
very complex. Teacher has to play the several roles in classroom management. The
most important qualities of teacher are sincerity, honesty and involvement in teaching.
He enjoys his classroom teaching. It brings excellence in classroom management.

21.3.3 Evaluation of Classroom Management
The controlling is an important function of classroom management. It provides the basis evaluation
and improving the classroom management. The classroom management is the process as well as
product, therefore, two criteria-process and product are used for evaluating classroom management.
The following techniques of evaluation are used for classroom management.
(1) Techniques used for Process Criteria
(a) Classroom observation.
(b) Interation Analysis Technique.
(i) Verbal interaction analysis technique.
(ii) Non-verbal interaction analysis teaching.
(c) Observation of content analysis.
(d) Teaching skills and competency and
(e) Instructional procedure for classroom teaching.
(2) Techniques used for Product Criteria
(a) Learning outcomes or achievement of the students.
(b) Attitude of the students.
(c) Opinions of the learners.
(d) Teacher rapport with his students.

21.4 Programmes of Staff Development
In planning the programmes for the professional growth of college and university teachers, specific
objectives of the programme should be created in mind for effective organisation. Some of the major
objectives of the programmes are as follows :

1. To enable the new college teacher to understand the needs, interests and behaviour patterns of
students who are in their late adolescence period.

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