Effective classroom management, models for strategies for today's classrooms (2nd ed )

This reader-friendly, practical book offers you a solid foundation for developing an individualized classroom management plan that suits your unique instructional philosophy. This book examines a variety of models of classroom management arranged according to their primary focus: classroom management as discipline, classroom management as a system, and classroom management as instruction. Presenting a scholarly review of the research base on classroom management, this book will show you how each of the models effectively addresses current Interstate New Teacher Assessment and Support Consortium (INTASC) standards.

In the second edition, the practical orientation of the first edition has been retained while providing you with an updated view of classroom management models and research. The second edition includes:

• Two, new, innovative models of classroom management: Character Education (Chapter 11) and Marvin Marshall's Discipline without Stress® (Chapter 9)
• New focus on students at risk and issues of classroom safety (Chapter 14)
• Step-by-Step charts that summarize each model in an easy to reference format
• Twenty new Tips from the Field, aligned with chapter content
• Additional opportunities for you to develop artifacts for your portfolio
• A Teacher Prep list on the inside front cover, listing at a glance the most practical tips and sample artifacts to use in your classroom

Table of Contents

Introduction

Changing Views of Classroom Management

Classroom management as discipline

Classroom management as a system

Classroom management as instruction

Research on Effective Classroom Management

Summary of research findings

Critical influences on Classroom Management

Rudolf Dreikurs

William Glasser

Haim Ginott

Developing a Personal Classroom Management Plan

Chapter Activities

Chapter References

Introduction

Elements of Behavior Management

Consequences of Behavior

Positive reinforcement

Negative reinforcement

Punishment

Schedules of reinforcement -

Continuous

Intermittent

Types of Reinforcement

Primary reinforcement

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