Classroom Management: Significance in Inclusive Education, Current Problems and Proposed Solutions

Abstract

Introduction:It is a known fact that teachers' knowledge and use of effective classroom management (CM) strategies has a positive impact on their professional achievement and their students' learning outcomes. Effective strategies that teachers can use are presented in various scientific studies. However, these strategies are not used sufficiently in practice for various reasons, and therefore, in many classrooms, controlling students' problem behavior, focusing students on activities, and maintaining effective education is not yet a task that teachers achieved adequately. Besides, educational settings become more inclusive day by day and increased student diversity add to the complexity of problems encountered in CM. In the light of literature, this study aims to identify the problems encountered about CM by today's teachers along with the causes of these problems and to present tools that can be used to solve these problems.Discussion: With this purpose, the study examined the content of the "2023 Education Vision" prepared by the Ministry of National Education (MoNE) of Turkey as a short-term guide to solve the problems in the system of education in regards to classroom management. The study also presents some recommendations to policymakers about the changes planned in teacher training and professional development programs to solve problems related to CM.