What Every Teacher Should Know About Classroom Management and Discipline (What Every Teacher Should Know About, 6)

Tileston guides teachers through the root causes of discipline problems and presents seven effective tools to prevent or minimize problem behaviors.

the Powerfully Effective Method For Facilitating Positive Behavior In The Classroom!

brain Research And Good Planning Can Be Combined To Prevent And/or Minimize Discipline Problems And Off-task Behavior In The Classroom. Chapters Cover:

• moving From Old-fashioned Obedience Models To Effective Student Self-management Skills
• working With On-task And Off-task Behaviors: Motivation, Stress, Flow, Timing, Environment, Resources, And More
• dealing With Difficult Students And Difficult Issues, Including Power, Revenge, Anger, And Poverty
• planning That Facilitates Positive Behavior
• using Cooperative Learning Skills
• teaching Social Skills
• using Strategies For The Self-system
• focusing On metacognitive Skills
• a Model For Classroom Management
• vocabulary Pre-test, Post-test, And Summary
• bibliography And Index
   

The powerfully effective method for facilitating positive behavior in the classroom! Brain research and good planning can be combined to prevent and/or minimize discipline problems and off-task behavior in the classroom. Chapters cover: Moving from old-fashioned obedience models to effective student self-management skills Working with on-task and off-task behaviors: motivation, stress, flow, timing, environment, resources, and more Dealing with difficult students and difficult issues, including power, revenge, anger, and poverty Planning that facilitates positive behavior Using cooperative learning skills Teaching social skills Using strategies for the self-system Focusing on metacognitive skills A model for classroom management Vocabulary pre-test, post-test, and summary Bibliography and index Cover; Contents; About the Author; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Vocabulary Pre-Test; Chapter 1 - Old-Fashioned Discipline; Chapter 2 - The Basis for Off-Task Behavior; On Task from the Beginning; Intrinsic Motivation; The Self-System and Behavior; Flow State; Low to Moderate Stress; An Ounce of Prevention; Examine Timing; Examine the Activity; Examine the Environment; Examine the Resources; Use People; Use Tone; Change the Focus; Chapter 3 - Dealing with Difficult Students; Students Who Want Attention; Students Who Seek Power; Students Who Want Revenge; Students Who Feel Inadequate This is a guide for teachers who confront discipline problems in their classrooms, covering the root causes of most dicipline problems. It outlines seven effective tools to prevent and/or minimise those problems, encouraging behaviour modification Old-fashioned discipline The basis for off-task behavior Dealing with difficult students Planning that facilitates positive behavior Using cooperative learning skills as a guide A model for classroom management. Off-task behavior in the classroom costs so much in terms of time on task, not to mention the emotional cost on teachers and other students in the classroom.