Candor & Directness | Challenging Assumptions |
Civility | Classroom Traditions |
Competitiveness | Comradery |
Conformity | Cooperation |
Creative Expression | Critical Thinking |
Dispute Resolution | Disruptive Behaviors |
Engagement & Participation | Expectations (e.g. what students expect of the teacher and vice versa) |
Groupthink | Honor System |
Individualism / Collectivism | Language (e.g. a culture of using academic language, formal language, informal language or slang) |
Listening Habits | Mediocrity (e.g. saying what you think the teacher wants to hear as opposed to what you think) |
Norms | Openness to Challenging Ideas |
Peer Pressure | Politeness |
Respect | Routines |
Saving Face | Sense of Ownership (e.g. rules set by the students that are followed according to an honor system) |
Sense of Purpose | Social Conflict / Bullying |
Social Inclusion | Social Status |
Tolerance for Disagreement | Traditions |
Willingness to Share Brave Ideas | Working Habits |
Classroom Management vs Classroom Culture
Classroom management is direction and control of a classroom by a teacher. Classroom culture are the persistent social realities that emerge in a classroom such as norms and habits. For example, a rule is classroom management and a pervasive group tendency to observe or rebel against that rule is classroom culture.Overview: Classroom Culture | ||
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Definition | The persistent social behaviors, norms and expectations that emerge in a classroom. | |
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