This paper shows how student teachers can learn to see, through analysis of videotaped classroom scenes, the underlying rules informing the patterns of interactions between teachers and pupils. A single classroom scene where the first impression is of complete chaos with one student running amok is analyzed in detail. (MT)

Examines how teachers' perceptions of gender affect classroom discipline in Australia using case studies at 4 high schools and 2 secondary institutions; interviews with 86 students, 40 teachers, and 10 support staff; and questionnaires from 720 students and 110 teachers. Stereotyped masculinity and femininity attitudes exist in classroom…