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Record Nr.

UNINA9910791707703321

Autore

Williams Kerry C

Titolo

Elementary classroom management [[electronic resource] ] : a student-centered approach to leading and learning / / Kerry Curtiss Williams

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Los Angeles, [Calif.] ; ; London, : SAGE, c2009

ISBN

1-4522-7497-5

1-4522-1551-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xx, 369 p.) : ill

Disciplina

372.11024

Soggetti

Classroom management

Elementary school teaching

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 337-348) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Brief Contents; Detailed Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Section I - A Vision for Classroom Management; Chapter 1 - Autonomy, Belonging, and Competency for Children; Chapter 2 - Creating Democratic Communities; Chapter 3 - Motivation and Classroom Management; Section II - Structures and Tools for Classroom Management; Chapter 4 - Pedagogical Structures for Managing Learning; Chapter 5 - Creating Thinking Classrooms; Chapter 6 - Leading and Learning With a Whole Group of Students; Section III - Creating Classrooms That Meet the Needs of Individual Children

Chapter 7 - Recognizing, Accommodating, and Advocating for Children With Special NeedsChapter 8 - Language and Literature as Classroom Management Tools; Chapter 9 - Asking Students, Parents, and School Resources for Help; Section IV - Making a Classroom Management Plan Your Own Inside and Outside; Chapter 10 - Creating a Classroom Arrangement That Promotes Autonomy, Belonging, and Competency; Chapter 11 - Managing Beyond the Boundaries of the Classroom; Chapter 12 - Making the Classroom Your Own: A Beginning; Glossary; References; Index; About the Author

Sommario/riassunto

This text is designed to help preservice teachers think and reflect on why things happen in classrooms. It also helps them begin to utilize pedagogical structures that facilitate success and thus management,



and help them design classrooms that work for students who may need something extra.