Volume 10 Classroom
Management
The Case. Mrs.
Jones, a first year teacher is conducting one of the first
laboratory exercises of the year. . One of her students,
John, throws rubbing alcohol into a burning Bunsen burner.
Brad, the student working next to John, gets burned on his
hand. The Problem: How
do you handle this situation? How could this incident have
been prevented? What safety violations do you think might be
part of this case.
The Case. Doreen
Smith is a student in Jeff Murdock's first period Biology I
course. Doreen has visited Mr. Murdock quite often for
detention after school. Doreen has since the first week of
school been breaking the rules for the eight weeks. Mr.
Murdock has decided it's time for a parent-teacher
conference. The meeting has been set for before school
(since it is more convenient for the Smiths). On the day of
the conference, the Smith's arrive, and as soon as they come
into Mr. Murdock's class, they accuse Mr. Murdock of picking
on their daughter, and treating her differently than the
other students in the class. The Problem: How
do you proceed from here? What do you say to the Smiths? How
can you resolve this dilemma.