Elementary Classroom Management: Lessons from Research and Practice - Softcover

Weinstein, Carol Simon; Mignano, Andrew; Mignano Jr., Andrew J.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0070691290 ISBN 13: 9780070691292

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Inc.,US, 1997

Synopsis

This is a comprehensive introduction to classroom management in elementary schools. It combines what research has to say about effective classroom management with knowledge culled from practice. This is done by integrating into the research discussions accounts of actual management practices and thinking of four case study teachers. The research discussions comprise approximately two-thirds of most chapters, and the case study materials approximately one third. A companion volume dealing with classroom management in secondary classrooms is now available for use in mixed classes enrolling both elementary and secondary majors. The case studies illustrate how four real teachers from different grade levels and school settings think about their management tasks. Readers learn their decisions, and then, through the use of discussion questions, have a chance to react to these decisions. Positive communication with students and parents is stressed throughout, but especially in chapters 5 and 11. The book recognizes that management demands vary as classrooms shift from on type of activity to another. Consequently, whole chapters are devoted to the management demands of each of these classroom activities: seatwork, groupworks, and recitations. In addition to being a core text for classroom management courses, the book's size, price and its companion volume allow it to be used as part of a customized teaching package in any course in which classroom management is a major topic. This is often the case in courses with titles such as General Methods of Teaching, Teaching Strategies, or Classroom Instruction and Management.

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From the Publisher

Beautifully Written- the author's clear, concise writing style and seamless way of weaving the case study material into the text has been widely praised.

The major change is the addition of a companion volume entitled, SECONDARY CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT. This allows students in mixed classes (elementary and secondary majors) to choose the book that corresponds to their teaching level. Also, this edition has a new chapter on managing children with severe behavioral problems. Updating has, of course, been done throughout the text.
Communication Focus- positive communication with students and parents is stressed throughout but especially in Chapters 5 and 11.
Matches Management to Activites-the book recognizes that management demands vary as
classrooms shift from one type of activity to another.Consequently, whole chapters are devoted to the specific management demands of the following classroom activities: seatwork, groupwork, and recitations.

Multiple Markets- in addition to being a core text for Classroom Management courses, the book's, size, price, and its companion volume allow it to be used as part of a customized teaching package in any course in which classroom management is a major topic. This is often the case in courses with titles such as General Methods of Teaching, Teaching Strategies, or Classroom Instruction and Management.

About the Author

Carol S. Weinstein is currently 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. She has also co-authored (with Andrew J. Mignano)a companion volume on managing elementary 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. Andrew J. Mignano Jr. is currently the principal of the Laura Donovan School in Freehold Township, New Jersey. He received his bachelor's degree in elementary education from Rutgers College in 1974 and his master's degree in educational psychology from Kean College in 1981. During his 15 years as a teacher, he taught at all levels from kindergarten to fifth grade, including one year teaching special education. His tenure as a principal has been characterized by the implementation of new programs in early literacy, technology integration and world languages. A firm believer in professional development and teacher preparation, Mr. Mignano has worked closely with the Rutgers Office of Teacher Education. As a staff developer, he has conducted workshops on the topics of writing workshops, early literacy, brain based learning, classroom management and cooperative learning.

Edition details

• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Inc.,US
• Publication date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0070691290
• ISBN 13: 9780070691292
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 373