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Brophy, (1983 in Regina & Daniel 2007)A good classroom manager adheres to three principles: Be willing to accept responsibility for classroom controlAdvocate to long-term, solution-oriented approaches to problems and abstain from short-term, control responsesEndeavour to discover underlying personal problems for symptomatic behavior. Theoretical teacher orientationsThe self-concept/personal adjustment orientated teacher encourages discouraged pupils,

The insight (cognitive) orientated teacher spends time with problem pupils individually,

the behavioristic teacher

builds self-esteem by arranging for and calling attention to success and improving peer relationshipsgetting to know them personally, attempting to instruct and inform them; and offers incentives, negotiates contracts, calls attention to and reinforces desirable behavior. Brophy, 2000REFERNCEGood, T. L., & Brophy, J. E. (2000). Looking in classrooms (8th ed.). New York: Longman.