Elementary Classroom Management: Lessons from Research and Practice - Softcover

Weinstein, Carol Simon; Romano, Molly; Mignano, Jr., Andrew

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0073378623 ISBN 13: 9780073378626

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education, 2010

Synopsis

Stressing the need to build caring, supportive relationships with and among students, Elementary Classroom Management: Lessons from Research and Practice offers research-based guidance on effective classroom management. It addresses current concerns about student motivation and helps prospective and beginning teachers develop a philosophy of classroom management that focuses on building connections with students and creating safe, caring classrooms.

The trusted text profiles five master teachers (grades K, 1, 3, 4 and 5) in very different school settings as they create classrooms that are orderly and productive, humane and caring. The integration of the thinking and the actual management practices of five real elementary teachers into discussions of research-based management principles prompts readers to connect theories with actual results. Further, the text demonstrates how real teachers can adapt to any circumstances--physical room constraints, curriculum requirements, challenging behaviors--and still be successful.

About this title

From the Publisher:

COMPING GUIDELINE: Look for Elementary Classroom Management courses, and for two-credit courses in six-credit sequences typically covering motivation, classroom management, and assessment. Plus, Elementary Classroom Management and its companion volume, Secondary Classroom Management, can be used as a discounted package for courses that cover both elementary and secondary classroom management.
BOOK'S POSITION: Written in a lively, engaging, conversational style, Elementary Classroom Management combines what research has to say about effective classroom management with knowledge culled from practice. It focuses on real decisions made by four real teachers as they manage the complex environment of the elementary classroom.
NEW CHAPTERS: A new Chapter 5, Creating Safer, More Caring Classrooms, emphasizes that classroom management is not just about rules, rewards, and penalties, but is also about building connections with and among students. Enhancing Students' Motivation (Chapter 8) provides an expanded discussion of motivation. Preventing and Responding to Violence, (Chapter 14) includes material on curbing peer harassment, resolving conflict, peer mediation, detecting early warning signs of potential violence and gang activity, and de-escalating potentially explosive situations.
TECHNOLOGY COVERAGE: Chapters 3 and 9 include an expanded discussion of managing technology (e.g., placement of computer stations; what to do when you only have one computer).
DIVERSITY: More discussion of the inclusion of students with disabilities and on culturally diverse learners has been added throughout.
COVERAGE OF HARASSMENT: Inclusion of material on peer harassment (bullying and teasing) has been added in Chapters 5 and 14.
REAL TEACHERS: The voices and experiences of four real teachers (identified by name) in different settings are used to illustrate principles of classroom management, making the text much more "contextual" and grounded in the real world of school.
WRITING STYLE: The writing style is clear, lively, conversational, and engaging. The examples are realistic and compelling. The book reads more like a novel than a textbook.
RESEARCH BASE: The text has a strong scholarly base explicitly drawing on research on teaching to support suggestions and conclusions. Conclusions and recommendations are not simply a "bag of tricks," but are based on sound research.
REAL NEEDS ASSESSED: The text covers areas that are often omitted in classroom management texts, such as building community; working with families; managing time; motivation; working with troubled students; and managing various instructional formats (e.g., groupwork, recitations and discussions).
DECISION MAKING: Suggestions are presented in a decision-making context and not as recipes.

About the Author:

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.

About this edition

• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0073378623
• ISBN 13: 9780073378626
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 5
• Number of pages: 448