Principles of Classroom Management: A Professional Decision-Making Model

In its sixth edition, Principles of Classroom Management approaches creating positive learning environments by providing teachers with a theoretically based yet highly practical system for preventing disruptive behavior and influencing appropriate behavior.

Written for classroom management and general methods courses, this concise text presents an array of decision-making options that guide teachers in thinking about how to approach particular classroom management situations and choose from a range of options designed to prevent, cope with, and solve a range of problems. A variety of theoretical perspectives, each fleshed out with cases taken from actual classrooms, gives teachers and prospective teachers many choices for handling issues that may arise in their classrooms.

The new sixth edition of this thoroughly revised and updated text includes the most current issues surfacing in classroom management such as cyber bullying as well as expanded discussions of effective teaching techniques, functional behavior assessment, violence in the media, cultural synchronization, and student resiliency. The new edition also includes an expanded number of classroom management models.

“This text is concise and doesn’t intimidate the undergraduate student. Students need the bottom line. Currently, this text does that.”
–Justin J. Wageman, North Dakota State University

“This text is very informative. It is not easy to find a book on discipline that includes the material that this one does.”
–Barrie A. Brancato, Clarian University

“I have used this text since I began teaching classroom management six years ago. I have reviewed many others but still find this one to best meet the needs of the students.
–Joan Schwartz, Armstrong Atlantic State University

Written for classroom management and general methods courses, the Fourth Edition of Principles of Classroom Management provides a theoretically based and practical system for helping teachers prevent disruptive behavior, influence appropriate behavior, and continue to provide a positive learning environment for their students. This concise text presents an array of decision-making options that guide teachers in thinking about how to approach particular classroom management situations and choose from a range of options designed to prevent, cope with, and solve a variety of problems.

New to This Edition:

• Includes iterative case studies that are reanalyzed as more concepts are introduced, allowing students to apply their new understandings to real classroom behavior problems.
• Two new appendices on (1) Guidelines for Working with Special Needs Students, and (2) Decisions and Tasks for Beginning the School Year focus attention on two critical teacher needs.
• Includes the latest research on violence in the media and its impact on students’ behavior with detailed coverage of why students engage in bullying, the prevalence of bullying behavior including cyber-bullying, and what schools can do to prevent and reduce bullying (Ch. 3).
• Discusses how formative assessment and feedback and the use of differentiated instruction positively impacts both student achievement and behavior (Ch. 5).
• Discusses the disproportional rate of disciplinary measures directed toward minority students (particularly African Americans) and an explanation as to why this occurs and how it can be eliminated (Ch. 6).
• Details on the negative academic and behavioral impact on students of out of school suspension are discussed (Ch. 9).
• Chapter by chapter PowerPoints and a Test Bank that includes multiple choice, true/false, and discussion questions for each chapter is available online. Instructors can access this supplement by contacting their local representative for a password.
• Classroom Management video free to adopters.