Description
Book Synopsis>A proven approach for encouraging the love of learning in the classroom>In this book, John Shindler, an expert on classroom management and school climate, describes the innovative technique of Transformative Classroom Management (TCM).
Table of ContentsAbout The Book v
About The Author vii
Acknowledgments viii
PART 1 Assessing Where We Are and Making Sense of the Inner Workings of the Classroom 1
Chapter 1 Introduction to Transformative Classroom Management 3
Chapter 2 Classifying Approaches to Classroom Management and Moving Up the Teaching Style Continuum 13
PART 2 Exploring the Nature of Classroom Dynamics and Student Motivation 35
Chapter 3 Exploring the Fundamental Components of the Classroom Environment 37
Chapter 4 Promoting Clear and Shared Classroom Expectations: 59
The Cornerstone of the Effective Classroom
Chapter 5 Effective Technical Management: 81
Promoting a Culture of Listening, Respect, and Efficiency in the Classroom
Chapter 6 Examining Motivational Strategies 103
What Makes Your Students Care?
Chapter 7 Promoting a Success Psychology in Students 127
PART 3 Developing a Functional Democratic Classroom Society 143
Chapter 8 Creating Collective Classroom Bonds with a Social Contract 145
Chapter 9 Developing Logical and Related Consequences Within the Social Contract—and Why to Avoid the Use of Punishments 159
Chapter 10 Implementing the Social Contract and Promoting Student Responsibility 179
PART 4 Good Teaching Practices Lead to Good Management 199
Chapter 11 Transformative Classroom Instruction and the Pedagogy-Management Connection 201
Chapter 12 Effectively Managing the Cooperative Classroom 227
PART 5 Remediation without Coercion 253
Chapter 13 A Win-Win Approach to Conflict Resolution and Potential Power Struggles 255
Chapter 14 Changing the Negative Identity Pattern and Succeeding with More Challenging Student Behavior 271
PART 6 Adopting a Transformative Mind-Set 297
Chapter 15 The Transformative Classroom 299
Implementing a 1-Style Approach and Creating a Classroom Community
Chapter 16 The Transformative Mind-Set and Making Your Thinking an Ally 327
Appendix A: Questions and Answers on Transformative Classroom Management 343
Appendix B: Sound Versus Faulty assumptions 345
Appendix C: Examining the ‘‘It Works’’ Fallacy 347
Appendix D: Examining the Use of the Phrase the ‘‘Real World of School’’ 351
Appendix E: Common Sources of Classroom Drama 353
Appendix F: Transform Your School: A Schoolwide Student Discipline, Motivation, Character Building, and Peer Mediation Program 357
Appendix G: Classroom Management and Student Achievement 363
Index 366
