Effective Classroom Management: Models and Strategies for Today's Classrooms - Tapa blanda

The purpose of Effective Classroom Management: Models and Strategies for Today's Classrooms is to provide a synthesis of these changing views of classroom management. The book presents 12 models of classroom management that fall into three distinct categories: Classroom Management as Discipline, Classroom Management as a System, and Classroom Management as Instruction. This book can be used for staff-development programs for inservice teachers. It provides a foundation for selecting a model to follow or for the development of an individual classroom-management plan. The content is applicable for teachers and preservice teachers at all levels - elementary, middle, and high school. The following features make Effective Classroom Management: Models and Strategies for Today's Classrooms teacher friendly: Information and chapter activities are directly tied to Interstate New Teacher Assessment and Support Consortium (INTASC) standards. Tips from the Field appear throughout the book. These tips offer sage advice from practicing teachers. Chapter Activities are designed to help teachers reflect on the model presented, develop portfolio material, and develop a personal philosophy of classroom management.

For K-12 Classroom Management courses; a supplement for General Methods courses. Designed to provide a synthesis of current classroom management theories, this practical text examines twelve models of classroom management arranged according to their primary focus: classroom management as discipline, classroom management as a system, and classroom management as instruction. Written in an easy-to-read, easy-to-understand style, it presents a scholarly review of the research base on classroom management, showing how each of the twelve models effectively addresses current INTASC (Interstate New Teacher Assessment and Support Consortium) standards. In addition, it offers prospective teachers a solid foundation for selecting a model to follow or for developing an individualized classroom management plan that suits their unique instructional philosophy.