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“This book moves caring from being an object of study to being a professional practice. Thinking of classroom management in terms of relationships, learning, development, organization and accommodating diversity redefines discipline. No longer is it about rules and punishments-now it is about connections and meaning making. This is a book that a teacher can really do something with!”
—Professor George Noblit, University of North Carolina
Helping teachers use of a variety of approaches to create positive classroom environments and make good decisions about student behavior
Approaches to Behavior and Classroom Management: Integrating Discipline and Care focuses on helping teachers use a variety of behavior and classroom management approaches in order to make good decisions when faced with the challenge of creating positive classroom communities. This text provides educators with the frameworks necessary for understanding different approaches to behavior and classroom management, a deep understanding of each approach, and a toolkit of methods to meet the needs of various situations.
Key Features
- Organizes the literature, issues, and main theorists by approach to behavior and classroom management, providing context for the methods that are used within each approach
- Provides real-life teaching examples that demonstrate how to put approaches into practice
- Includes engaging human interest stories and cartoons to give meaning to concepts and points
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ytNwg_YJ73oClick here to watch an interview with W. George Scarlett as he provides further details about Approaches to Behavior and Classroom Management.
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https://ive.sagepub.com/2008/12_1/features/04/,DanaInfo=tuftsjournal.tufts.edu+Click hereto read an interview with W. George Scarlett wherein he discussesApproaches to Behavior and Classroom Management.
Learning Approaches
Learning Approaches
“Ms. Davis, can I go to the bathroom?” asks Janice.
“No, I gotta use it!” demands Gary.
“Is we gonna do math or reading now?” asks Missy, politely.
“I need a Band-Aid, Ms. Davis, see.” Ashley tugs at my blouse.
It is 8:02, a typical morning in a fourth-grade classroom. Teacher Davis finds herself in a Q & A session.
“Yes, you may go to the bathroom, Janice, but don't waste time. Gary, I don't know what ‘it’ is, but if you are referring to the bathroom, say it, and then you may use ‘it’ when Janice comes back, and I'd really like for you to say ‘have to’ instead of ‘gotta,’ okay? And Missy, did you say ‘Is we’?”
“Are we,” she says.
“Look at the schedule, sweetie. ...
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