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Jacob Kounin
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Vocab (con.)
Vocab
Overlapping: When a teacher does multiple things at a time and is spreading his attention over the different things.
Ripple Effect: When a teacher corrects misbehavior of students and positively influences behavior of other students nearby.
Momentum: The flow of a lesson. Having a steady sense of movement for the lesson helps with engaging the students in activities and helps from not causing misbehavior.
Teacher Personality: A teacher's personality depends on how they teach in the classroom
Group Alerting: The teacher is engaging the attention of everyone while individuals are responding.
Pacing: Timing in which ensurses efficient coverage of activities and ending the activity at an appropriate time.
Birthplace/Year
References
Jacob Kounin was born in Cleveland, Ohio in 1912. He lived 83 years, before dying in 1995 in Palm Beach, FL.
https://prezi.com/b4ucbv7ihzus/jacob-kounin/
http://www.vanguardschool.ca/resources/finalkouninpresentation.pdf
An Introduction to Education
Married/Education
Jacob married Beatrice, who was an elementary school teacher. He graduated from Iowa State University in 1936 with a PhD.
Classroom Management
Jacob Kounin
Jacob Kounin did two studies in 1970 about Classroom Management. In that book he went in depth on what it does to keep students learning and keep the classroom peaceful. He believed that organization and being prepared are the key to engaging students in the classroom.
Kounin's Philosophy
"Jacob Kounin's research has yielded the common-sense view that teachers who know what's going on, who can switch from one activity to another smoothly, and who can maintain positive momentum will be successful in maintaining a positive classroom environment." - An Introduction to Education, page 209.
Interesting Facts
Example of what it might look like in a classroom
Jacob Kounin started working at Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan as an Educational Psychologist.
- Teacher is looking at someone while teaching a lesson
- Multitasking, helping a group of students while giving another student the look of "cut it out"
(An Introduction to Education, page 208)