Teaching Children to Care: Classroom Management for Ethical and Academic Growth, K-8
"Ruth Charney gives teachers help on things that really matter. She wants children to learn how to care for themselves, their fellow students, their environment, and their work. Her book is loaded with practical wisdom. Using Charney's positive approach to classroom management will make the whole school day go better."\ - Nel Noddings, Professor Emeritus, Stanford University, and author of Caring\ This definitive work about classroom management will show teachers how to turn their vision of...
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This definitive work about classroom management shows teachers how to turn their vision of respectful, friendly, academically rigorous classrooms into reality. The new edition includes: More information on teaching middle-school students Additional strategies for help children with challenging behavior problems Updated stories and examples from real classrooms
Preface1Foreword3Sect. IBuilding a Learning Community71Intentions172I See You, I See Everything273Making the Rules with Children694Teaching the Rules1075The Critical Contract: A Student's Individual Goals for the Year123Sect. IIMaking the Community Work1396Using Logical Consequences When Rules Are Broken1437Time-Out: Establishing Boundaries and Promoting Self-Control1658The Five Percent1919Working Together to Support the Rules211Sect. IIIThe Voices of Teaching22710Empowering Language: Say What You Mean and Mean What You Say23311Stress the Deed, Not the Doer24712The Voices of Authority265Sect. IVFurther Strategies for Difficult Classroom Behaviors27313Problem-Solving Class Meetings27714Teachers as Mirrors: Using Social Conferences30515Individual Contracts339Sect. VClear Positives36116Teaching by Clear Positives: Revisiting Ideals36917Clear Positives in Action383Conclusion: Authentic Teaching403App. A409App. B413App. C419App. D425App. E427Recommended Resources433
