Classroom Management: A Proactive Approach

Classroom Management: A Proactive Approach is based on three principles. First, classrooms should be learning communities, second, many behavior problems can be prevented, and third, corrective interventions should promote positive behavior change. The author's intention is to provide pre-service teachers with a practical and theoretically sound guide to proactive classroom management.

This text provides an integrated approach based on strategies culled from theoretical principles encoded in psychodynamic, developmental, behaviorist, biophysical, and psychoeducational approaches. Within this text, theory is framed within the context of application.

Features include:

Utilizes a visual-"The Classroom Management Pyramid" to organize the book's major themes
Helps the reader understand how complex interactions form a platform for effective classroom management, and enhances understanding.

Liberal use of anecdotes
Enables the reader to see in a concrete fashion how specific strategies are put into practices, and enhances readability.

Deals with current teacher concerns
Iincluding bullying, students with special needs, and social skill instruction. Provides practical application of research-based "best practices."

Author: Martin Henley
Published: June 2005
ISBN: 0-13-093299-X
368 Pages