Transformative Classroom Management Positive Strategies to Engage All Students and Promote a Psychology of Success

by Shindler, John

• ISBN13: 9780470448434
• ISBN10: 0470448431
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-12-14
• Publisher: Jossey-Bass

Summary

A proven approach for encouraging the love of learning in the classroomIn this book, John Shindler, an expert on classroom management and school climate, describes the innovative technique of Transformative Classroom Management (TCM). He shows K???12 teachers how to improve teaching methods, student behavior, and student achievement by bringing out the positive feelings that naturally exist in the classroom. Shindler offers new strategies for creating a high-functioning class, developing a classroom social contract, dealing with challenging students, promoting a "psychology of success," and creating a climate defined by student responsibility and motivation.John Shindler, PhD (Bellevue, WA), is an Associate Professor at California State University, Los Angeles, chair of the American Educational Research Association (AERA) Special Interest Group for School Climate, Culture, and Community, and codirector of the Western Alliance for the Study of School Climate.

Author Biography

John Shindler, Ph.D., is associate professor at California State University, Los Angeles, the co-director of the Western Alliance for the Study of School Climate, and the chair of the American Educational Research Association (AERA) Special Interest Group for School Climate, Culture and Community. He is also a regular contributor to educational journals including Educational Leadership and National Forum of Teacher Education Journal.

Table of Contents

About The Book

About the Author

Acknowledgments

Assessing Where We Are and Making Sense of the Inner Workings of the Classroom

Introduction to Transformative Classroom Management

Classifying Approaches to Classroom Management and Moving Up the Teaching Style Continuum

Exploring the Nature of Classroom Dynamics and Student Motivation

Exploring the Fundamental Components of the Classroom Environment

Promoting Clear and Shared Classroom Expectations

The Cornerstone of the Effective Classroom

Effective Technical Management

Promoting a Culture of Listening, Respect, and Efficiency in the Classroom

Examining Motivational Strategies

What Makes Your Students Care?

Promoting a Success Psychology in Students

Developing a Functional Democratic Classroom Society

Creating Collective Classroom Bonds with a Social Contract

Developing Logical and Related Consequences Within the Social Contract-and Why to Avoid the Use of Punishments

Implementing the Social Contract and Promoting Student Responsibility

Good Teaching Practices Lead to Good Management

Transformative Classroom Instruction and the Pedagogy-Management Connection

Effectively Managing the Cooperative Classroom

Remediation without Coercion

A Win-Win Approach to Conflict Resolution and Potential Power Struggles

Changing the Negative Identity Pattern and Succeeding with More Challenging Student Behavior

Adopting a Transformative Mind-Set

The Transformative Classroom

Implementing a 1-Style Approach and Creating a Classroom Community

The Transformative Mind-Set and Making Your Thinking an Ally

Questions and Answers on Transformative Classroom Management

Sound Versus Faulty assumptions

Examining the ''It Works'' Fallacy

Examining the Use of the Phrase the ''Real World of School''

Common Sources of Classroom Drama

Transform Your School: A Schoolwide Student Discipline, Motivation, Character Building, and Peer Mediation Program

Classroom Management and Student Achievement

Index

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