Book Review Corrections

Brown, H. Douglas. “Classroom Management.” Teaching by Principles: An interactive Approach to Language Pedagogy. New York: Pearson Education Company, 2001. 192-204.

This chapter, extracted from the book “Teaching by Principles: an interactive approach to language pedagogy” goes through main issues related to classroom management. Divided in 6 points: physical environment for learning, voice and body language, teaching unplanned and under difficult conditions, educators’ roles & styles and finally, creating a positive classroom climate. Therefore, it provides significant information for teachers on classroom itself, teachers delivery, affective and emotional aspects of being a teacher, unplanned situations as well as dealing with adverse situations, and last but not least, it provides valuable suggestions on creating and preserve a positive classroom climate.
The importance of Classroom Management is because of the needs teachers or future teachers have for developing themselves around the classroom, and generating an improved climate for learning. The chapter provides helpful ideas and suggestions for educators who look for improving their practices.

It is imperative to have knowledge on this, especially for future teachers, because Classroom Management can really affect students’ results, motivation, interest, and learning. Anyone facing a class should know how to organize it in order to make it more efficient. Therefore, this chapter offers interesting and vital research on Classroom Management and not only represents a starting point to become acquainted with this but guides any teacher on a better practice.
In conclusion, this chapter enables teachers to increase their levels of awareness regarding Classroom Management. Furthermore, offers priceless and well-organized information which can help improving any class, no matter the circumstances the teacher is living. That is why it is so important to follow the themes in the chapter, in order to help teachers’ performance and make it more efficient. Overall, this book is a must for every future or current teacher.