Welcome!
- Are you concerned about an increase of incivility in your classrooms?
- Have you noted an increase in rude behaviors in your classrooms, in your interactions with students or in student interactions with other students?
- Are you looking for effective teaching strategies to address student misbehavior in your classroom?
This tutorial will help you to develop some strategies for dealing with difficult situations in your classes. Incivility disrupts learning and can create an uncomfortable or even hostile environment. Defusing tensions and helping students to see the value of your courses will lead to the development of much more productive classes.
The Center for Teaching and Learning offers other tutorials that may interest you. Classroom Incivility offers more discussion of incivil behavior and its causes. Active Learning in Diverse Classrooms and Getting Started with Active Teaching offer strategies for incorporating active learning and more fully engaging learners. Be sure to visit the CTL tutorials site for more information.
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Note: The core content of this unit was first presented as "Creating Active Learners through Classroom Management Strategies" by Dr. Joyce Weinsheimer on April 3, 2004 at Mesabi Range Community and Technical College as part of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities Center for Teaching and Learning Spring 2004 Weekend Seminar Series.
Content Developers:
Dr. Joyce Weinsheimer is the Director for the Center for Teaching and Learning Services at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities. She works with the Center staff, campus administrators, faculty and teaching assistants to enhance the culture of teaching and learning on the Twin Cities campus. She has published several books and articles on student success. Turning Point, published in 1993 and again in 2002, was the first worktext designed to help students get off academic probation and on with their college education. She has served as a workshop facilitator and curriculum consultant for Houghton Mifflin Faculty Development Programs. Email weinshei@umn.edu
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Debra Gohagan, MSW, Ph. D. has served as the Minnesota State University Mankato College of Social and Behavioral Science Faculty Technology Consultant for 6 years. She has specialized in the field of educational technology and has taught hybrid and online courses (including an international online course) for 9 years. She recently facilitated several online tutorials for MnSCU CTL and developed this series of online tutorials for MnSCU CTL. Dr. Gohagan has presented at local, state, national, and international conferences and published in the area of educational technology. In addition, she is a member of several national committees related to technology and teaching. Email: d.gohagan@mnsu.edu All of the materials contained in this Web site are protected by copyright. Copying, displaying and/or distributing copyrighted works may infringe the owner’s copyright. For more information on copyright law please see the U.S. Copyright Office site at http://www.loc.gov/copyright/, and for the Minnesota State Colleges & Universities System's policy on copyright, please see http://intellectualproperty.mnscu.edu/. For permission to use any materials found herein, please contact the original author or the Center for Teaching and Learning at ctl@so.mnscu.edu.
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