Transformative Classroom Management

Author : John Shindler
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 391 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2009-11-04
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780470565506

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Transformative Classroom Management The natural condition of any classroom is harmonious, satisfying, and productive, so why do so many teachers struggle with problems of apathy, hostility, anxiety, inefficiency, and resistance? In this groundbreaking book, education expert John Shindler presents a powerful model, Transformative Classroom Management (TCM), that can be implemented by any teacher to restore the natural positive feelings in his or her classroom—the love of learning, collaboration, inspiration, and giving—and create a productive learning environment in which all students can achieve. Unlike other classroom management systems that view problems as something to be “handled,” TCM offers suggestions for creating optimal conditions for learning, performance, motivation, and growth. This practical book shows teachers how to abandon ineffective short-term gimmicks, bribes, and punishments and adopt the proven management practices and new habits of mind that will transform their classrooms. Praise for Transformative Classroom Management “Transformative Classroom Management is a practical resource that explains the how and why of classroom management for novice and veteran teachers. Dr. Shindler recognizes the importance of preserving the teacher’s sanity while ensuring the student’s development of a personal sense of responsibility and a positive self-esteem.” —Eileen Matus, principal, South Toms River Elementary School, New Jersey “I have read many other management books by other authors, but Transformative Classroom Management has been the best so far at demystifying the invisible forces in the classroom.” —WILL McELROY, 4th grade teacher, Los Angeles United School District “This book was an invaluable tool for me during my student teaching. It served as a reference book that I found myself continually drawn to while struggling to find ways to effectively manage 29 first graders. The ideas, concepts and suggestions in the book were so innovative and helpful that even my Master Teacher found herself implementing some of the ideas! A must have for all student teachers!” —Carol Gillon, student teacher, Seattle University “Insightful and thoroughly researched, Transformative Classroom Management is an invaluable tool to help teachers, newbies and veterans alike, develop fully functional and engaged learning communities.” —LISA GAMACHE RODRIGUEZ, teacher, Los Angeles Unified School District

Author : Douglas W. Yacek
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2021-05-24
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781000390391

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The Transformative Classroom by Douglas W. Yacek Pdf

Transformative approaches to teaching and learning have become ubiquitous in education today. Researchers, practitioners and commentators alike often claim that a truly worthwhile education should transform learners in a profound and enduring way. But what exactly does it mean to be so transformed? What should teachers be transforming students into? Should they really attempt to transform students at all? The Transformative Classroom engages with these questions left open by the vast discussion of transformative education, providing a synthetic overview and critique of some of the most influential approaches today. In doing so, the book offers a new theory of transformative education that focuses on awakening and facilitating students’ aspiration. Drawing on important insights from ethics, psychology, and the philosophy of education, the book provides both conceptual clarity and concrete practical guidance to teachers who hope to create a transformative classroom. This book will be of great interest for academics, K-12 teachers, researchers and students in the fields of curriculum and instruction, teaching and learning, adult education, social justice education, educational theory and philosophy of education.

Author : H. Richard Milner IV,Heather B. Cunningham,Lori Delale-O′Connor,Erika Gold Kestenberg
Publisher : Corwin Press
Page : 201 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2018-07-18
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781506301815

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"These Kids Are Out of Control" by H. Richard Milner IV,Heather B. Cunningham,Lori Delale-O′Connor,Erika Gold Kestenberg Pdf

Today’s classrooms reimagined If you’re looking for a book on how to "control" your students, this isn’t it! Instead, this is a book on what classroom learning could be if we aspire to co-create more culturally responsive and equitable environments—environments that are safe, affirming, learner-centered, intellectually challenging, and engaging. If we create the kind of places where our students want to be . . . A critically important resource for teachers and administrators alike, "These Kids Are Out of Control" details the specific practices, tools, beliefs, dispositions, and mindsets that are essential to better serving the complex needs of our diverse learners, especially our marginalized students. Gain expert insight on: What it means to be culturally responsive in today’s classroom environments, even in schools at large How to decide what to teach, understand the curriculum, build relationships in and outside of school, and assess student development and learning The four best practices for building a classroom culture that is both nurturing and rigorous, and where all students are seen, heard, and respected Alternatives to punitive disciplinary action that too often sustains the cradle-to-prison pipeline Classroom "management" takes care of itself when you engage students, help them see links and alignment of the curriculum to their lives, build on and from student identity and culture, and recognize the many ways instructional practices can shift. "These Kids Are Out of Control" is your opportunity to get started right away!

Author : Edmund Emmer,Edward J. Sabornie
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 1143 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2014-09-04
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781135106836

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Handbook of Classroom Management by Edmund Emmer,Edward J. Sabornie Pdf

The field of classroom management is not a neatly organized line of inquiry, but rather consists of many disparate topics and orientations that draw from multiple disciplines. Given the complex nature of the field, this comprehensive second edition of the Handbook of Classroom Management is an invaluable resource for those interested in understanding it. This volume provides up-to-date summaries of research on the essential topics from the first edition, as well as fresh perspectives and chapters on new topics. It is the perfect tool for both graduate students and practitioners interested in a field that is fascinating but not immediately accessible without the proper guidance.

Author : Robert J. Marzano,Debra Pickering,Jane E. Pollock
Publisher : ASCD
Page : 187 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780871205049

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Classroom Instruction that Works by Robert J. Marzano,Debra Pickering,Jane E. Pollock Pdf

Describes nine different teaching strategies which have been proven to have positive effects on student learning and explains how those strategies can be incorporated into the classroom.

Author : Dominique Smith,Douglas Fisher,Nancy Frey
Publisher : ASCD
Page : 170 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781416620648

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Better Than Carrots Or Sticks by Dominique Smith,Douglas Fisher,Nancy Frey Pdf

This book provide a practical blueprint for creating a cooperative and respectful classroom climate in which students and teachers work through behavioral issues together.

Author : Jing Lin,Tom E. Culham,Sachi Edwards
Publisher : IAP
Page : 369 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2019-11-01
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781641137829

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Contemplative Pedagogies for Transformative Teaching, Learning, and Being by Jing Lin,Tom E. Culham,Sachi Edwards Pdf

In our current systems of education, there is a trend toward compartmentalizing knowledge, standardizing assessments of learning, and focusing primarily on quantifiable and positivist forms of inquiry. Contemplative inquiry, on the other hand, takes us on a transformative pathway toward wisdom, morality, integrity, equanimity, and joy (Zajonc, 2009). These holistic learning practices are needed as a counterbalance to the over-emphasis on positivism that we see today. In addition to learning quantifiable information, we also need to learn to be calmer, wiser, kinder, and happier. This book aims to find and share various pathways leading to these ends. This book will describe educational endeavors in various settings that use contemplative pedagogies to enable students to achieve deep learning, peace, tranquility, equanimity, and wisdom to gain new understanding about self and life, and to grow holistically. Embodiment is a central concept in this book. We hope to highlight strategies for exploring internal wisdoms through engaging ourselves beyond simply the rational mind. Contemplative pedagogies such as meditation, yoga, tai chi, dance, arts, poetry, reflective writing and movements, can help students embody what they learn by integrating their body, heart, mind, and spirit.

Author : Jing Lin,Rebecca L. Oxford
Publisher : IAP
Page : 411 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2011-12-01
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781617355042

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Transformative Eco-Education for Human and Planetary Survival by Jing Lin,Rebecca L. Oxford Pdf

Transformative eco-education is environmental education that is literally needed to transform and save our planet, especially during the global ecological crises of our present century. Such education demands inner transformation of many deeply rooted ideas, such as the following: the Earth exists merely to provide for human comfort; the extinction or reduction of other species does not matter; we are free to consume or destroy natural resources at will but are safe from destruction ourselves; and the Earth will continue to sustain us, even if we do not sustain the Earth. Unless these concepts are changed, we will increase global warming and add to the ruin of much of the Earth. This book presents powerful ideas for transformative eco-education. At this time of ever-increasing ecological crisis, such education is needed more than ever before. We urge readers to use the ideas and activities in this book with your students, develop them further, and create new conceptions to share with other educators and students. The chapters in this book provide key principles, of which the following are just a few. First, educators can and should prepare students for natural disasters. Second, stories, case studies, the arts, and hands-on environmental experience, all enriched by reflection and discussion, can offer profound learning about ecology. Third, education at all levels can benefit from a true ecological emphasis. Fourth, teachers must receive preparation in how to employ transformative eco-education. Fifth, Indigenous wisdom can offer important, holistic, spiritual paths to understanding and caring for nature, and other spiritual traditions also provide valid ways of comprehending humans as part of the universal web of existence. Sixth, transformative eco-education can be an antidote to not only to environmental breakdown, but also to materialistic overconsumption and moral confusion. Seventh, we can only heal the Earth by also healing ourselves. If we heed these principles, together we can make transformative eco-education a blazing torch to light the path for the current century and beyond.

Author : Ron Berger,Libby Woodfin,Suzanne Nathan Plaut,Cheryl Becker Dobbertin
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2014-08-18
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781118962237

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Transformational Literacy by Ron Berger,Libby Woodfin,Suzanne Nathan Plaut,Cheryl Becker Dobbertin Pdf

Engage, challenge, and inspire students with work that matters Transformational Literacy, written by a team from EL Education, helps teachers leverage the Common Core instructional shifts—building knowledge through content-rich nonfiction, reading for and writing with evidence, and regular practice with complex text—to engage students in work that matters. Worthy texts and worthy tasks help students see the connection between their hard work as readers and writers and their capacity to contribute to stronger communities and a better world. The stories, examples, and resources that permeate Transformational Literacy come primarily from the more than 150 EL Education schools around the country that support teachers to select, supplement, customize, and create curriculum, and improve instruction. The book also draws on EL Education's open source Common Core English Language Arts curriculum—often cited as one of the finest in the country—and professional development offered to thousands of teachers to implement that curriculum effectively. Transformational Literacy combines the best of what EL Education knows works for kids—purposeful, inquiry-based learning—and the new imperative of the Common Core—higher and deeper expectations for all students. Teach standards through a compelling and purposeful curriculum that prioritizes worthy texts and worthy task Improve students' evidence-based reading, thinking, talking, and writing Support students to develop a new mindset toward the challenge of reading complex texts Transformational Literacy introduces an approach to literacy instruction that will engage, challenge, and inspire student with work that matters.

Author : Fredric H. Jones
Publisher : McGraw-Hill Companies
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Education
ISBN : STANFORD:36105004025958

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Positive Classroom Discipline by Fredric H. Jones Pdf

Author : John Shindler
Publisher : Bookbaby
Page : 506 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2021-11-08
Category : Education
ISBN : 1667803468

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Transformative Leader's Roadmap by John Shindler Pdf

A transformative leader exists within every educator. And each school possesses the capacity for growth and excellence. This book will be your roadmap for actualizing your school's full potential. It is intended to be utilized by leaders in any role within a school - principals, directors, coordinators, chairs, coaches, team leaders and teacher leaders. The roadmap outlined in this book provides a theoretical foundation and practical steps to guide your institutional improvement work. It will give the reader a clear sense of where their school is currently and what would be required to move up the improvement "pathway" to more actualized roadmap locations. The development of the roadmap represents 20 plus years of research into over 500 schools, countless interviews and conversations with transformative leaders, and involvement within multiple school improvement efforts. The content of the book includes in-depth chapters related to the following areas: *Building the school effectiveness roadmap. *Cultivating the quality of trust at the school. *Facilitating a school-wide vision. *Empowering instructional leadership for improved practice. *Engaging in a process of meaningful strategic planning. *Examining your school climate with a comprehensive systems framework. *Using classroom management and discipline to support your school's improvement process. *Systematically moving your school to the "next level." *Engaging the transformative leaders personal vision development process. When we have a meaningful understanding of where we are, can clearly see where we are going, and recognize in practical operational terms what is required to improve, we can engage our growth process with confidence.

Author : Tonia Flanagan,Gavin Grift,Kylie Lipscombe,Colin Sloper,Janelle Wills
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2021-01-08
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1951075994

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Transformative Collaboration by Tonia Flanagan,Gavin Grift,Kylie Lipscombe,Colin Sloper,Janelle Wills Pdf

Every school strives to better itself so that it can better its students. In Transformative Collaboration, the authors dive deep into one of the strongest strategies for school improvement--the PLC process. You will explore five collaboration-based commitments--from gaining clarity to building trust--that will ultimately help you build and sustain a PLC that provides the best possible avenues of learning to students. Use this resource to provide students with the education they deserve: Commit to collaboration and use the five commitments to transform your school Understand what it means to be a PLC Find the courage to lead the process Build a climate of trust Shape school structures for success Create clarity in collaboration Contents: Table of Contents About the Authors Foreword Preface Chapter 1: Understand What it Means to Be a PLC Chapter 2: Find the Courage You Need to Lead Chapter 3: Build a Climate of Trust Chapter 4: Shape School Structures for Success Chapter 5: Create Clarity in Collaboration Appendix: Key Terms References and Resources Index

Author : Michael Linsin
Publisher : Independently Published
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2019-05-03
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1795512849

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The Smart Classroom Management Way by Michael Linsin Pdf

The Smart Classroom Management Way is a collection of the very best writing from ten years of Smart Classroom Management (SCM). It isn't, however, simply a random mix of popular articles. It's a comprehensive work that encompasses every principle, theme, and methodology of the SCM approach. The book is laid out across six major areas of classroom management and includes the most pressing issues, problems, and concerns shared by all teachers. The underlying SCM themes of accountability, maturity, independence, personal responsibility, and intrinsic motivation are all there and weave their way throughout the entirety of the book. Together, they form a simple, unique, and sometimes contrarian approach to classroom management that anyone can do. Whether you're an elementary, middle, or high school teacher, The Smart Classroom Management Way will give you the strategies, skills, and know-how to turn any group of students into the motivated, well-behaved class you love teaching.

Author : Stephanie Leder
Publisher : Springer
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2018-12-21
Category : Education
ISBN : 9811323682

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Transformative Pedagogic Practice by Stephanie Leder Pdf

This book explores how the transnational Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) policy is being translated into formal school education in India. Stephanie Leder investigates the ESD’s transformative potential for pedagogic practice and builds a set of principles for how the global objectives of the ESD can be interpreted in diverse socio-cultural contexts. Her approach for transformative pedagogic practice emphasizes the promotion of a critical consciousness through argumentation skills. Using the case of water conflicts in geography education in India, the book reveals the contradictions between ESD objectives and curricula, syllabi, textbooks and classroom teaching at secondary schools in Pune, Maharashtra. Leder’s approach demonstrates how principles of schooling can be altered towards learner-centered, problem-posing and network-thinking teaching approaches to empower students towards reflective decision-making on the sustainable use of natural resources.

Author : PRABHU TL
Publisher : NestFame Creations Pvt Ltd.
Page : 37 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2024-05-22
Category : Education
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT by PRABHU TL Pdf

It takes awareness, patience, timing, boundaries, and instinct to manage a classroom effectively. Leading a sizable group of young people who are prone to distraction and have a range of abilities and temperaments on an engaging learning trip is not simple. The term "classroom management" refers to the vast range of abilities and strategies teachers employ to keep their students on track, focused, orderly, and academically productive throughout a lesson. Effective classroom management techniques allow teachers to maximize the behaviors that support or promote learning while minimizing the behaviors that hinder learning for both individual students and groups of students. Effective teachers typically have great classroom management skills, whereas inexperienced or less effective teachers are more likely to have a disorganized classroom full of disinterested kids.