A comprehensive guide to classroom management : facilitating engagement and learning in schools
Louise Porter
- New South Wales : Allen & Unwin, c2014.
- xviii, 518 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
1. The nature and causes of behavioural difficulties in schools -- 2. Styles of teaching and discipline -- 3. Overview of the controlling model -- 4. Strengthening appropriate behaviours -- 5. Reducing inappropriate behaviours -- 6. Classroom discipline -- 7. Targetted interventions -- 8. Individualised interventions -- 9. Critique of behaviourism -- 10. Overview of the guidance approach -- 11. Meeting students' basic needs: wellbeing and safety -- 12. Meeting students' need for self-esteem: worth and competence -- 13. Meeting students' social needs: affiliation and connection -- 14. Meeting students' need for autonomy: voice and choice -- 15. Meeting students' 'luxury' needs: purpose and happiness -- 16. Facilitating learning: mastery and accomplishment -- 17. Compassionate communication -- 18. Providing support -- 19. Revealing solutions -- 20. Critique of the guidance approach -- 21. Attention deficits -- 22. Resolving aggression and bullying -- 23. Collaborating with parents -- 24. Supporting teachers -- 25. Formulating policy about student behaviour.
A comprehensive and authoritative handbook on proactively managing students' behaviour in primary and secondary schools. Drawing on the latest international research, Porter outlines how teachers can develop a personal style in classroom management based on a sound understanding of theory. Porter at Flinders Uni.
9781743311745
2013481754
Classroom management Behavior modification Teacher-student relationships Problem children--Behavior modification Students--Psychology