Literature Study April 3, 2010

This week's literature study continues an important theme - homeroom.  As I am looking to write an article and book on the subject, I thought it pertinent to combine my required research with my blogging.  So here we go:

AUTHOR:	Jing-qiu (Jane) Liu and Ruth Barnhart
TITLE:	Homeroom Teacher and Homeroom Class: The Key to Classroom Management in China's Schools
SOURCE:	The Educational Forum 63 no4 380-4 Summ 1999

Highlights:

• All students are part of a homeroom, from elementary to high school.
• Homeroom teachers have many roles, and new teachers and soon-to-retire teachers are not considered candidates for homeroom teachers.
• All teachers take a class or two in pre-service education classes to prepare them for homeroom.
• Homeroom teachers "loop" with teachers so that they can build strong relationships with the students (and the students with the other students).

How does your school do homeroom and what ideas do you have to make it better?