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Elementary Classroom Management
A Student-Centered Approach to Leading and Learning
- Kerry Curtiss Williams - Wayne State College
Other Titles in:
Classroom Discipline | Classroom Management & Student Behaviour | Early Childhood Education
Classroom Discipline | Classroom Management & Student Behaviour | Early Childhood Education
January 2009 | 392 pages | SAGE Publications, Inc
A student-centered classroom management approach that guides elementary teachers in leading their students and managing the classroom Elementary Classroom Management: A Student-Centered Approach to Leading and Learning provides the information and resources that teachers need to design a classroom management system that incorporates the principles of autonomy, belonging, competency, democracy, and motivation. This text includes stories, strategies, research, and reflection tools to help teachers effectively manage the spaces, procedures, and pedagogy of the classroom environment. Key FeaturesStimulates teachers to reflect on the needs and motivations of their studentsOffers a ôright questionö rather than a ôright answerö approach to help teachers design their own unique classroom management programsProvides real stories, case studies, and letters from master teachers to help readers construct environments that meet the needs of all students Accompanied by High-Quality AncillariesAn InstructorsÆ Resource CD includes video clips with discussion questions, PowerPoint slides, a test bank, and much more. Qualified instructors can request a copy by contacting SAGE Customer Care at 800-818-SAGE (7243) from 6 amû5 pm, PT.A student study site at www.sagepub.com/kwilliamsstudy provides video clips, quizzes, flashcards, Web resources, and much more.Questions for the author? Contact Kerry Curtiss Williams at kewilli2@wsc.edu.Contact Kerry Curtiss Williams at .
SECTION ONE: A VISION FOR CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT
1. Autonomy, Belonging, and Competency for Children
2. Creating Democratic Communities
3. Motivation and Classroom Management
SECTION TWO: STRUCTURES AND TOOLS FOR CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT
4. Pedagogical Structures For Managing Learning
5. Creating Thinking Classrooms
6. Leading and Learning With a Whole Group of Students
SECTION THREE: CREATING CLASSROOMS THAT MEET THE NEEDS OF INDIVIDUALS
7. Recognizing, Accommodating, and Advocating for Children With Special Needs
8. Language and Literature as Classroom Management Tools
9. Asking Students, Parents, and School Resources for Help
SECTION FOUR: MAKING A CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT PLAN YOUR OWN INSIDE AND OUTSIDE
10. Creating a Classroom Arrangement that Promotes Autonomy, Belonging, and Competency
11. Managing Beyond the Boundaries of the Classroom
12. Making the Classroom Your Own: A Beginning
I have searched a very long time to find a textbook that would support preservice teachers' understandings of classroom management as the development of a democratic community, and this textbook is that and much more! The online video clips are an excellent resource, and my students' feedback has been so positive regarding the "reader-friendly" text. The topics are organized in a manner that fit well together, too. I use this book as a primary text in the general elementary methods course that I teach, and it is a resource/recommended text in ALL of the methods courses and student teaching. It is a high-quality, well-written guide for all teachers!
Education Division, Indiana University - East
February 1, 2013
Sample Materials & Chapters
Chapter 2: Creating Democratic Communities
Chapter 3: Motivation and Classroom Management
