Aspects Regarding Classroom Management And Its Part In Making The Educational Process More Effective

The management of a classroom of pupils involves the orchestration and coordination of the entire learning process, so that it would be as effective and productive as possible. This complex process merges with the action of creating a positive learning environment, both as the physical space is concerned, and through the totality of the essential elements of the pupils' personalities. Starting from the premise that the pupils' opinions can provide us clues regarding how to promote a top managerial process in schools, we conducted, over the course of the academic year 2012-2013, an inquiry in a target group formed of middle-school-aged pupils. Managing a group of pupils is a practical expression of the actions taken to improve the educational act, both from an institutional standpoint, and from the perspective of creating the framework and conditions for a more productive activity. The change in the pupils' position, from mere "receivers" of dispositions and orders, to collaborators does not exclude the teacher's authority, which must be based on competence, freshness of view, originality, imagination, opportunity, and pertinence of reflections and solutions (Albu, 1998, p. 171). (C) 2014 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. Open access under CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/).