Dealing with Student Misbehavior in Urban Settings

Issues with classroom management are the main reason teachers quit the profession. Effective classroom management starts with the teacher, as the ability to manage the environment is critical in designing productive environments. Utilizing effective strategies is a challenging task due to the disconnect between what the teacher and the students consider inappropriate behavior. In this qualitative study, the researcher conducted interviews with twenty-two novice teachers in urban schools in the United States while discussing some classroom management strategies they used in their secondary mathematics and science classrooms. Results show that the participants successfully used nonverbal and verbal interventions to deal with minor behaviors. Keywords: urban setting, classroom management, verbal interventions, non-verbal interventions DOI: 10.7176/JEP/11-7-07 Publication date: March 31 st 2020