Jones, F. (2003). More time on task, less goofing off. Education World. Retrieved <st1:date w:st="on" ls="trans" Month="10" Day="25" Year="2004">October 25, 2004</st1:date> from, www.educationworld.com/a_curr/columnisits/jones.jones001.shtml
Fred Jones wrote this article for Education World. In this article he discusses various ways to keep students from losing focus on learning. He talks about working the crowd, zones of proximity, disrupting disruptions, and room arrangement. He actually has diagrams to help a teacher find the Interior Loop, or the path that reaches the most students in the least amount of steps.
We will use this information to discuss techniques such as, working the room and room arrangement.
Jones, F. H. & Miller, W. G., (1974). The effective use of negative attention for reducing group disruption in special education classrooms. Psychological Record, 24, 435-448. Retrieved <st1:date w:st="on" ls="trans" Month="9" Day="28" Year="2004">September 28, 2004</st1:date>, from www.fredjones.com.
This is one of many of Jones’ research articles. It was published in 1974, and it gives a good background of his research and findings of classroom management. This article shows the relation of ineffective teachers and effective, or “natural" teachers. It gives the guidelines for “limit setting” and talks about “meaning business.”
This article helps us to have a better understanding of how Jones approaches the topic of classroom management. We will also use the information that he gives about being businesslike.
Lee Manning, M. & Bucher, K. (2003). Classroom management: models, applications, & cases.
This book had an entire chapter about Fred Jones classroom management theory. It gives specific details about his techniques and approaches. This chapter goes into some detail about Jones’ beliefs and talks about different ways that teachers can model positive behavior in the classroom. Jones also acknowledges that there is a time for backup help such as, office and principal, but stresses they should be used sparingly.
This article is used to share the specific techniques that Jones uses in his classroom management theory.
Weaver Dunne, D. (2000).The king of classroom management! Education World Retrieved October 5, from, www.educationworld.com/a_curr265.shtml
This is an interview from Education World with Fred Jones in 2000. The interview gives a brief background on Jones and tells how he became interested in classroom management. It proves that while Jones is all about positive classroom structure and discipline, he is also all business. He acknowledges the difficulty that teachers have now compared to several years ago, and talks about how legislators do not help by driving teachers to teach to the test.
I like this interview because Jones states that it is not too late for a teacher to change the way they manage their classrooms. While there are some “natural” teachers, other teachers can learn management.
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