Educator or Bully?

Managing the 21st Century Classroom

By (author) Marie Menna Pagliaro

Publication date:

25 August 2011

Length of book:

138 pages

Publisher

R&L Education

Dimensions:

241x162mm
6x9"

ISBN-13: 9781610484503

Educator or Bully? offers a comprehensive approach to classroom management for both novice and veteran teachers who are interested in examining their current classroom management performance, especially with respect to how it reflects the characteristics of the 21st century classroom. Practices presented are based on sound educational theory. There is an emphasis on the responsibility the student should have in successful classroom management.

Part I covers the guidelines that deal with everyday classroom management interactions with a focus on contemporary approaches. These chapters discuss preventive measures followed by reactive procedures that teachers can implement once problems have occurred. Punishment and logical consequences are distinguished and educative techniques in handling misbehavior are demonstrated. Part I concludes with a thorough consideration regarding how to organize and maintain the physical classroom environment and how to prepare for the beginning of school.

Part II reviews students through teacher-centered strategies (systems) to deal with diverse classroom needs. These strategies are tailored so that the least intrusive to those in which the teacher has more control reflect 21st century attributes.

PART I Guidelines for Improving Classroom Management
Chapter 1 Societal Changes in the 21st Century
Chapter 2 Proactive Approaches to Classroom Management
Chapter 3 Reactive Approaches to Classroom Management
Chapter 4 Being Thorough When Considering Other Management Factors
Chapter 5 Managing Preparation for the Opening of School
Chapter 6 Developing Professionally
PART II Reviewing/Acquiring/Classroom Management Strategies (Systems)
Chapter 7 The Necessity for Acquiring Specific Classroom Management Strategies
Chapter 8 Teacher Effectiveness Training (T.E.T)
Chapter 9 Social Discipline
Chapter 10 Reality Therapy
Chapter 11 Assertiveness Training
Chapter 12 Behavior Modification (Contingency Contracting)

The most crucial component of classroom management is setting up an environment that makes instruction flow smoothly with minimal interruptions and student behaviors. This book is concerned with how to establish this environment—thus the question posed by the book's title, Educator or Bully?. Pagliaro (professional development consultant) provides a solid background of the characteristics of the 21st-century classroom on which the concepts discussed in the book are based....Overall, the book was informative to one who has dealt with the teaching of classroom management for some time....Summing Up: Recommended.