Authors: Carol Simon Weinstein, Andrew Mignano
ISBN-13: 9780073010397, ISBN-10: 0073010391
Format: Paperback
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies, The
Date Published: July 2006
Edition: 3rd Edition
Carol S. Weinstein has recently retired from her position as Professor of Education at Rutgers Graduate School of Education, where she was Associate Dean of Teacher Education and Chair of the Department of Learning and Teaching. She received her doctorate from Harvard Graduate School of Education in 1975. A former public school teacher, she has authored dozens of journal articles and book chapters on topics ranging from the physical design of classrooms to prospective teachers' beliefs about classroom management. Her most recent work has focused on “culturally responsive classroom management,” and she served as the guest editor for a special issue of Theory Into Practice on “Managing Classrooms in a Diverse Society.” With Carolyn Evertson, she co-edited the first Handbook of Classroom Management: Research, Practice, and Contemporary Issues (to be published by Erlbaum, 2006). She has also written a companion volume to this text on managing secondary classrooms (McGraw-Hill). In July 2000, she received a Contributing Researcher Award from the American Federation of Teachers for "Bridging the Gap between Research and Practice in Effective Classroom Management." Her special interests are classroom organization and management, violence prevention, and teacher education.
By integrating the thinking and the actual management practices of four real secondary teachers into discussions of research-based management principles, this introductory text helps readers connect theories with actual results. Further, the text demonstrates how real teachers can adapt to any circumstancephysical room constraints, curriculum requirements, challenging behaviorsand still be successful.
1 | Characteristics and contradictions of the middle and high school classroom | 2 |
2 | Designing the physical environment | 32 |
3 | Setting the tone : creating safer, more caring classrooms | 56 |
4 | Establishing norms for behavior | 96 |
5 | Working with families | 119 |
6 | Making the most of classroom time | 154 |
7 | Enhancing students' motivation | 186 |
8 | Managing independent work | 217 |
9 | Managing groupwork | 237 |
10 | Managing recitations and discussions | 274 |
11 | Protecting and restoring order | 312 |
12 | Helping students with special needs | 357 |
13 | Preventing and responding to violence | 405 |