Full Description
This concise guide helps both pre-service and in-service teachers face the challenges of creating effective, disciplined classrooms by presenting a positive, helpful approach to dealing with misbehavior. This brief guide, written in a practical, "teacher-friendly" style, helps these new teachers encourage cooperation, deal effectively with misbehavior, and promote positive attitudes in the classroom, which ultimately leads to a stronger learning environment.
Contents
1. The Discipline Problem and its Solution. 2. Moving Toward Helpful Discipline. 3. Establishing Productive Concepts about Discipline. 4. Basic Human Needs That Affect Behavior. 5. Teacher Needs and the Attention They Require. 6. Aligning Your Discipline System with Needs and Goals. 7. Presenting Yourself Engagingly. 8. Working Collaboratively with Students. 9. Understanding the Types and Causes of Misbehavior. 10. Addressing the Causes of Misbehavior that Originate in Students. 11. Addressing the Causes of Misbehavior that Originate in Instructional Environments. 12. Dealing with Misbehavior. 13. Strengthening Class Character. 14. Strengthening Communication and Human Relations. 15. Implementing Helpful Discipline in Your Class. 16. In Review: The Nature and Procedures of Helpful Discipline. Bibliography. Index.
