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1. Quality criteria of teaching:

What can you do well already, where do you want to improve ?

2. Classroom atmosphere:

What do your students say ?

3. Classroom management I:

How well did you implement Kounin’s recommendation ?

Repeat these tasks in the following hours with the intention of particularly observing one of Kounin’s strategies that has not yet worked very well.

4. Classroom management II:

How do you manage your relationship with the students ?

Discuss with others the questions from the self-test by Rüedi.34 Complement these discussions with reciprocal classroom visits, if possible, and use the self-test as a checklist for your observations and basis for discussions after the visits. Take notes.

Self-test35

A

How is my relationship to the students? Can I build up a good relationship with them?

B

Am I aware and do I recognize the needs of the students?

Do I facilitate student learning success?

Does my teaching involve a sensible balance between spontaneity, fun, humor, joy, pleasure and fulfillment of duties, displeasure?

Do I recognize and acknowledge my students?

Do I pay attention to their social integration in the class?

Do I watch out for social manners and conversational tone in the classroom?

Do I help with formulating democratic rules and appreciative social manners?

Do I recognize the student self-worth needs? Do I encourage and support them?

C

Is my classroom teaching well-prepared and interesting? Do I explain the materials in a clear and concise manner?

D

Do I know the parents of my students? Did I inform them about my approach to teaching? Do they support my disciplinary efforts?

E

Is my teaching approach effective? Do the students follow my directions?

F

Can I explain and analyze arising disciplinary problems?

G

Do I react appropriately when disciplinary issues and conflicts arise? Do my reactions have an effect? Do I have a certain repertoire of reaction measures and responses?

H

Do I know the possibility of "covenants"?

I

How do I deal with punishments?

J

Do I see the possibility of personal growth in my professional work?

K

Do I have a personal concept about discipline and classroom management? Do I have a concept for influencing the social development of my class for the medium and long-term?