Managing 21st Century Classrooms: How do I avoid ineffective classroom management practices? (ASCD Arias)

by Jane Bluestein

Overview

Classroom management may be the hardest part of being a teacher: fraught with power struggles, it often leaves teachers feeling stressed and drained and students feeling mutinous or powerless. Most familiar classroom management practices reflect a dissonance between the rapid pace of change in our culture and the decades-old instruction and management techniques that still form the foundation of our educational system.

According to award-winning author and classroom management expert Jane Bluestein, it's long past time for our strategies to catch up to the kids we're teaching. In Managing 21st Century Classrooms, she

* Identifies seven of the most prevalent classroom management misconceptions.

* Discusses the tried-but-not-so-true practices that result from them.

* Offers positive, research-based alternatives that take into account how students learn today.

This timely, practical publication, which is perfect for novice and veteran teachers alike, also includes a quick-reference chart contrasting ineffective, destructive approaches with effective, proactive strategies.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781416618850
Publisher:	ASCD
Publication date:	01/08/2014
Series:	ASCD Arias
Pages:	52
Product dimensions:	4.80(w) x 7.50(h) x 0.30(d)

Table of Contents

The Challenge of Classroom Management 1

A Big-Picture Issue 2

7 Common Classroom Management Approaches That Work Against Us 5

1 Teachers Must Retain All the Power in the Room 6

2 Classroom Rules Ensure Good Behavior 10

3 I Shouldn't Have to Motivate My Students 14

4 Conditional Praise Is Necessary and Effective 20

5 Giving Warnings and Asking for Excuses Are Acceptable Strategies 25

6 Administrators and Parents Can Take Care of Discipline 31

7 Kids Will Not Learn Without Negative Consequences 36

Shifting to the Positive 41

Encore 45

References 50

Related Resources 51

About the Author 52