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Manage your classroom with proven, positive techniques that promote appropriate behavior.
Teachers want to be able to teach the content they were trained to teach. Yet most teachers find themselves faced with the challenge of achieving effective classroom management. Highly readable and engaging, Teaching Discipline & Self-Respect offers guidelines, specific strategies, and structured activities that have been used successfully in culturally, linguistically, economically, and academically diverse classrooms.
SiriNam S. Khalsa, a master teacher and consultant who is passionate about teaching and understanding the individual needs of every student, focuses on developing self-esteem and self-image while maintaining the dignity of each student. Through vignettes and case studies, Khalsa's text provides readers with:
Guidelines for changing students' negative behavior; Reproducible lessons, such as “Understanding Anger” and “Teaching ‘I’ and ‘You’ Statements”; Engaging activities ready for immediate use in difficult situations; 15 steps to help teachers keep a positive mental attitude; 30 techniques for reducing stress and maintaining perspective when working with challenging students
This refreshing and energizing approach to classroom management shows teachers how to embrace positive change and improve both their teaching practice and their students' lives.
Changing Eleven Negative Behavior Cycles
Changing Eleven Negative Behavior Cycles
This chapter looks at eleven common negative behavior cycles that will only change with well-matched and thoughtfully implemented interventions. The suggestions here can act as a quick reference guide when handling misbehaviors at school or at home. Each negative behavior is divided into the following three sections:
- Behavior cycle. The behavior cycles correspond with the explanations of the cycle of reinforcing attitudes and behaviors. These negative behavior or attitude cycles tend to reinforce themselves, as illustrated in Chapter 1. Identifying the behavior cycle gives the teacher a starting point from which educated decisions can be made. Identifying the student's behavior cycle is important because it identifies the characteristics of the behavior as well as the message the ...
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