Atmosphere

I wish I could say that the totality of my current classroom atmosphere was "self-control". For the vast majority of my students, hopefully, giving them quality guidance towards completing relevant projects incorporates their own sense of intrinsic accomplishment. The vast majority - unfortunately there are a few that require a gentle push at regular intervals to keep them on task. Another term I recently encountered that aptly describes the typical teenage student is "constant partial attention". Rather than seeing this as an unsolvable problem I see it as just another challenge as part of the educational process.

As stated by others, those with successful classroom management techniques tend to not realize their success or seem to need to focus on classroom management. The continuum across control by authority, control by technology, and self control might better be described as a 3-pronged approach rather than separate entities.

I propose that the singular requisite resource is the ability of teachers to function in the setting that best works for them.