Training inservice teachers' competencies in classroom management A quasi-experimental study with teachers of secondary schools

• Published in: Teaching and teacher education Vol. 30; no. 30; pp. 1 - 12
• Main Authors: Piwowar, Valentina, Thiel, Felicitas, Ophardt, Diemut
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Ltd 01.02.2013; Elsevier
• Subjects: Berlin; Bildungsforschung; Brandenburg; Classroom management; Classroom Techniques; Control Groups; Deutschland; Einflussfaktor; Empirische Untersuchung; Experimental Groups; Inservice Teacher Education; Inservice teachers; Intervention; Learner Engagement; Lehrerfortbildung; Professional development; Professionalisierung; Program Effectiveness; Quasiexperimental Design; Secondary school; Secondary School Teachers; Secondary schools; Sekundarbereich; Sustainability; Teacher Competencies; Teacher training; Teachers; Trainingsprogramm; Unterrichtsgestaltung; Video; Wissen; Classroom management; Teacher training; Professional development; Inservice teachers; Video; Secondary school
• ISSN: 0742-051X; 1879-2480
• DOI: 10.1016/j.tate.2012.09.007

The current study evaluated the effectiveness of a training program for inservice secondary school teachers in classroom management. In a non-randomized pre-post-design, 19 teachers participated in a newly developed training (the intervention group) and 18 teachers participated in a control training (the control group). All participants reported better knowledge of classroom management after training. However, hypothesized positive effects on teachers' competencies and increased student engagement occurred only in the intervention group. These findings are supported by participants' reported high subjective validity of the training. Further research is needed to study sustainability of the observed effects. (DIPF/Orig.).