Classroom Management: A Tool for Achieving Quality Secondary School Education in Nigeria

Abstract

This paper has highlighted the theoretical perspective of classroom management with regards to its concept, problems and roles of the classroom teacher in achieving a good learning atmosphere for quality secondary education. It also looked at the procedure of dealing with classroom management problems based on the three theoretical approaches of classroom management namely: the non-interventionist, the interventionist, and the interactionist. Finally, the paper recommends the techniques for promoting good classroom management for quality education to include: having leadership and management that will provide direction, planning, supervision, co-operation and co-ordination of teaching-learning process; teachers should have a positive role model; and there should be proper application of instructional materials and comfortable sitting arrangements to facilitate learning.