Facilitating interpersonal Relationships in the Classroom: The Relational Literacy Curriculum - Softcover

Salmon, Diane; Freedman, Ruth Ann

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0805837655 ISBN 13: 9780805837650

Publisher: Routledge, 2002

Synopsis

This volume is a guide to using the Relational Literacy Curriculum with children in grades 2-5. Based on developmental and social constructivist principles, this curriculum presents a conceptual framework and a method for enhancing children's understanding of interpersonal relationships in the classroom. The Relational Literacy Curriculum:
*offers a powerful method for children to reflect on challenging interpersonal episodes and to discern constructive patterns of relating through discussion and role play;
*provides a process that can serve as both a prevention tool and a vehicle for managing immediate conflict;
*gives teachers a strong theoretical framework from which they can make principled decisions, and a flexible format for implementing it that they can adapt to meet the particular social needs of their classroom context; and
*promotes teacher reflection and learning through the use of various observational tools.

This book addresses the question of why it is important to study relationships in the elementary classroom; reviews the research and literature that inform the relational literacy curriculum; lays out the process of the curriculum; explains how the curriculum can be used to address real conflicts within the classroom community; and provides guiding principles for practice. It is a useful resource for classroom teachers, school psychologists, school counselors and social workers, and a valuable text for a range of courses, including classroom management, psycho-social interventions, child development, and early childhood education.

About this title

Synopsis:

A study of the relational literacy curriculum. Diane Salmon and Ruth Ann Freedman discuss how the relational curriculum works and demonstrate how to facilitate interpersonal relationships in the classroom.

About this edition

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0805837655
• ISBN 13: 9780805837650
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 200