Teacher Personality and Effective Classroom Management
The paper discussed teacher personality as a major determining factor for effective classroom management. Personality refers to unique enduring qualities of an individual which determine his adjustment to environmental challenges. Teacher personality characteristics that influence his managerial efficiency in the classroom include temperament, organization, discipline intelligence, communication effectiveness and sensitivity. The paper defined classroom management as skills employed by the teacher to get students organized, maintain discipline and create a safe and conducive learning atmosphere. The paper identified the importance of classroom management as achieving effective teaching, fewer behaviour problems and efficient use of time. Various ways of managing the classroom effectively were highlighted; set rules, have expectations, be firm and consistent, be organized, lead by examples etc. the paper was concluded and the following recommendations were made thus, teachers should ensure that they dress neatly and appear decently before the students prepare well for their lessons, maintain discipline, speak clearly and audibly.