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Chapter 10 - Classroom management

Practices conducive to positive teaching and learning environments

from Part III - Professional practice

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 October 2025

By
Andrea Reupert  and
Stuart Woodcock
Edited by
Jeanne Allen  and
Simone White
Jeanne Allen
Affiliation:
Griffith University, Queensland
Simone White
Affiliation:
RMIT University
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In this chapter we extend that discussion by considering classroom management in relation to creating engaging and motivating learning environments. Engagement and motivation are essential to young people’s success in various educational contexts, including early years, primary and secondary settings, and they can only occur in positive teaching and learning environments. Establishing and fostering such environments through effective classroom management is a source of concern for many preservice teachers, and this will continue to be the case as teachers progress throughout their career. This chapter provides an overview of various proactive strategies that serve to promote positive teaching and learning environments along with strategies for responding to student disengagement or off-task behaviour. Positive student–teacher relationships will also be described as an essential component for engaging and motivating students’ learning.

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classroom managementengagementmotivationteaching and learning environmentsstudentsteachersAustraliaeducation

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Learning to Teach in a New Era , pp. 338 - 363
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2025

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