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Unit 21: Application of Educational Management in Academic Areas

as long as administrators do not indulge in authoritarianism and the teachers are aware of Notes
their role within a democratic set-up.
(vii) Teacher and Community Relations : Teacher not only have to establish good rapport with
learners, other teachers and administrators but have also to create sound relationships with
parents and other community members.
(viii) Student’s Involvement and Students Participation : The colleges can pursue several courses
of action to direct student discontent and dissatisfaction into constructive channels.
• The following are some of the suggested programmes :
(i) Colleges should provide two-way communication channels. There should be regular
opportunities for dialogue among students, teachers and administrators.
(ii) Each college should design its own programme of student involvement and this will entail,
more than giving a new life to student government. Students should be given an opportunity
to lead group discussions, to practicipate in departmental faculty meetings, to evaluate the
academic progress of their peers and the class instructional programme.
• Supporting Devices of Classroom Management
• Classroom management is not sufficient enough to realize the objectives of education. Therefore,
supporting devices of classroom management are used in this context. The following are the
common supporting devices of classroom management.
(1) Laboratory experimentation (2) Field work (3) Library study (4) Educational excursion or
field trips (5) Home assignment (6) Self study or Assimilation (7) Tutorials for remedial teaching
(8) Action research and (9) Guidance services.
• These supporting devices are required in different school subjects. The laboratory
experimentation is needed in science subjects physics chemistry, botany and zoology.
• Teacher Role in Classroom Management
• Teacher is the principal component of classroom management. He has to play the several roles-
as manager philosopher, guide and friend. He has the authority, responsibility, accountability
and leadership in managing classroom activities.
• 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.
• 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 :
(i) To enable the new college teacher to understand the needs, interests and behaviour patterns
of students who are in their late adolescence period.
(ii) To develop teaching skills that would help the teacher to improve his teaching effectiveness,
in addition to employ several teaching techniques to cater to the needs of students at large,
medium and small groups.
3. To help the teacher improve his ability to communicate effectively in the classroom through
the use of educational technology devices and to ensure better student participation in the
teaching learning situation.
• The in-service education programme can take up several forms and patterns depending on the
purpose for which it is conducted, the resources and infrastructure available and the duration
of the courses. Some of the more common types are as follows :
(i) Content Course.

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