TY - JOUR
T1 - Classroom management and teachers' coping strategies
T2 - Inside classrooms in Australia, China and Israel
AU - Romi, Shlomo
AU - Lewis, Ramon
AU - Roache, Joel
PY - 2013/6
Y1 - 2013/6
N2 - This paper discusses the degree to which recently reported relationships between the classroom management techniques and coping styles of Australian teachers apply in two other national settings: China and Israel. Little is known about which teacher characteristics relate to their approach to classroom management, although researchers in Australia have recently found that teachers' coping styles appear to predict the management techniques they utilize in classrooms. In this study, 772 teachers from a range of schools in Australia, China, and Israel completed questionnaires asking how frequently they use six classroom management techniques-hinting, discussion, involvement, recognition and reward, punishment, and aggression-and how often they use a range of coping behaviours. The analysis showed that some of the Australian findings were replicated only in Israel and others only in China, revealing national variations in the links between management techniques and coping styles, which have wider implications for investigations in this area. The implications of these findings are discussed, as are their potential ramifications for future research.
AB - This paper discusses the degree to which recently reported relationships between the classroom management techniques and coping styles of Australian teachers apply in two other national settings: China and Israel. Little is known about which teacher characteristics relate to their approach to classroom management, although researchers in Australia have recently found that teachers' coping styles appear to predict the management techniques they utilize in classrooms. In this study, 772 teachers from a range of schools in Australia, China, and Israel completed questionnaires asking how frequently they use six classroom management techniques-hinting, discussion, involvement, recognition and reward, punishment, and aggression-and how often they use a range of coping behaviours. The analysis showed that some of the Australian findings were replicated only in Israel and others only in China, revealing national variations in the links between management techniques and coping styles, which have wider implications for investigations in this area. The implications of these findings are discussed, as are their potential ramifications for future research.
KW - Australia
KW - China
KW - Classroom management
KW - Discipline
KW - Israel
KW - Teacher coping styles
KW - Teacher techniques
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84879322341&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/s11125-013-9271-0
DO - 10.1007/s11125-013-9271-0
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AN - SCOPUS:84879322341
SN - 0033-1538
VL - 43
SP - 215
EP - 231
JO - Prospects
JF - Prospects
IS - 2
ER -