Promoting Civility: A Teaching Challenge: New Directions for Teaching and Learning, No. 77

by Editor: Steven M. Richardson

• ISBN13: 9780787942779
• ISBN10: 0787942774
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-04-01
• Publisher: Jossey-Bass

Summary

If we take a passive view of classroom behavior, we fail in a crucial part of our role as educators: creating a democratic and effective learning environment for a diverse student body. This timely issue of New Directions for Teaching and Learning offers creative, thoughtful strategies for promoting civil discourse and resolving conflict when it arises--both in the classroom and in the campus community at-large. The authors recommend constructive responses to disruptive classroom behavior and techniques for encouraging open, respectful discussion of sensitive topics. They also explore institutional approaches to alternative dispute resolution that provide students and faculty a safe, nonjudgmental environment for addressing conflicts.This is the 77th issue of the quarterly journal New Directions for Teaching and Learning.

Author Biography

STEVEN M. RICHARDSON is vice provost for undergraduate affairs and dean of undergraduate studies at Bowling Green State University.

Table of Contents

Editor's Notes	1	(2)
Steven M. Richardson
Incivility in Dyadic Teaching and Learning	3	(10)
Richard G. Tiberius
Edred Flak
Promoting Internal Civility: Understanding Our Beliefs About Teaching and Students	13	(10)
Sally L. Kuhlenschmidt
Feelings from the Back Row: Negotiating Sensitive Issues in Large Classes	23	(12)
Corly Petersen Brooke
Students Behaving Badly in Large Classes	35	(10)
Elisa Carbone
Strategies for Dealing with Difficult Behavior	45	(14)
Sally L. Kuhlenschmidt
Lois E. Layne
After the Eruption: Managing Conflict in the Classroom	59	(10)
Susan A Holton
Faculty Responsibility for Promoting Conflict-Free College Classrooms	69	(8)
James A. Anderson
Civility, Leadership, and the Classroom	77	(10)
Steven M. Richardson
The Prevention and Cure of Campus Disputes	87	(10)
Richard Hebein
Index	97