Since 2018 I’ve been writing a book on classroom management in the CI classroom. I threw it in the trash in my computer today. Why? Because it’s a waste of time to write and to read a book about classroom management. How can we possibly remember everything in the book and apply it in the right circumstance at the right time? It’s a fool’s errand, when one thinks about all the other things we have to think of when teaching a CI class. In fact, in general, the entire CI movement has turned into a big cacophony of competing ideas that are confusing and driving away a lot more teachers than are being successfully attracted and integrated into the CI movement. So here is my new take on how to keep order in your classroom when teaching a CI class, including online instruction:
Teach better.