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Engaging Troubling Students
A Constructivist Approach
- Scot Danforth - San Diego State University, Chapman University, USA, Ohio State University
- Terry Jo Smith - National Louis University, USA
September 2004 | 336 pages | Corwin
This book is designed for both special and general teachers faced with managing classrooms with emotionally and behaviourally troubled students. It emphasizes a growing trend in special education by taking a constructivist approach to classroom management and moving away from the traditional behavioural approach. The book begins with a very comprehensive introduction both behavioural practice and EBD students, and quickly moves to a critical definition of constructivsim
Acknowledgments
About the Authors
Introduction
Part I: Conceptual and Historical Foundations
1. Examining Child and School Behaviors
2. Introducing Critical Constructivism
3. Creating a Participatory Classroom Community
Part II: The Pedagogies of Constructivism
4. Adopting a Caring Pedagogy
5. Working Together
6. Reflective Teaching
Part III: Programs and Practices
7. Using Conflict Resolution as Instruction
8. Implementing the KEYS Program for Students With E/BD
9. Working With Families
10. Considering Inclusive Education
11. Honoring and Developing Ourselves as Teachers
References
Index