Classroom Management:An Appreciative Inquiry Appproach: The HoShing-Clarke EASI-R Classroom Management Model

A description of what effective teachers do to manage their classes.This appreciative enquiry, a strategy for intentional change was conducted in order to identify the best of what exists in classroom management and to present them to practitioners. This is intended to enhance the practice of teaching, while empowering the teachers.Additionally,these best practices in classroom management will benefit students as they prepare for the working world, and life in general.This book is important in that it is intended to ignite a reformation in the manner in which teachers manage their classrooms. It is the author's hope that eventually everyone will benefit because society is in chaos and a change is needed. The teacher behaviours that emerged from this inquiry as essential for effective classroom management gave birth to the HoShing-Clarke EASI-R Classroom Management Model.