Shindler, John, 1961-

Transformative classroom management : positive strategies to engage all students and promote a psychology of success / John Shindler. - 1st ed. - San Francisco : Jossey-Bass, c2010. - x, 374 p. : ill. ; 28 cm. - Jossey-Bass teacher . - Jossey-Bass teacher. .

"Grades K-12"--Cover.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction to transformative classroom management -- Classifying approaches to classroom management and moving up the teaching style continuum -- Exploring the fundamental components of the classroom environment -- Promoting clear and shared classroom expectations: the cornerstone of the effective classroom -- Effective technical management: promoting a culture of listening, respect, and efficiency in the classroom -- Examining motivational strategies: what makes your students care? -- Promoting a success psychology in students -- Creating collective classroom bonds with a social contract -- Developing logical and related consequences within the social contract--and why to avoid the use of punishments -- Implementing the social contract and promoting student responsibility -- Transformative classroom instruction and the pedagogy-management connection -- Effectively managing the cooperative classroom -- A win-win approach to conflict resolution and potential power struggles -- Changing the negative identity pattern and succeeding with more challenging student behavior -- The transformative classroom: implementing a 1-style approach and creating a classroom community -- The transformative mind-set and making your thinking an ally.

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Classroom management.
Effective teaching.
Motivation in education.

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