Making Good Choices : Developing Responsibility, Respect, and Self-Discipline in Grades 4-9

by Richard L. Curwin

• ISBN13: 9780761946342
• ISBN10: 0761946349
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-02-11
• Publisher: Corwin Pr

Summary

This guidebook offers teachers eight ready-to-use strategies to help students make good choices for good behavior in the classroom as well as in the real world.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	vii
About the Author	ix
The Classroom as a Laboratory for Life	1	(6)
Ages nine through fifteen are a Twilight Zone between childhood and functioning adulthood	1	(6)
Eight Objectives and Ten Guidelines for Using This Book	7	(8)
Introducing eight strategies with language and examples that you can refine to fit your students as you know them	7	(8)
Accepting Responsibility	15	(10)
Strategy Question 1: Who is responsible for one's behavior?	15	(10)
Who's in Charge?	25	(10)
Strategy Question 2: What is the difference between internal and external control?	25	(10)
The Art of Prediction	35	(10)
Strategy Question 3: Why is prediction an important life skill?	35	(10)
Take Time to Plan	45	(14)
Strategy Question 4: What do students need to know about planning?	45	(14)
Learning from Mistakes	59	(10)
Strategy Question 5: How do students learn that mistakes can be an opportunity for learning?	59	(10)
Effective Communication	69	(12)
Strategy Question 6: What do students need to know about direct communication, aggressive behavior, and passive-aggressive behavior?	69	(12)
Rules, Rules, Rules!	81	(8)
Strategy Question 7: How do students and teachers formulate classroom rules that promote responsibility and respect?	81	(8)
The Classroom as Community	89	(5)
Strategy Question 8: How do students create, recognize, and develop commitment to a classroom community?	89	(5)
Conclusion	94	(1)
Glossary	95	(2)
Suggested Reading	97	(2)
Index	99