Group Processes in the Classroom

Are your students interested in how to understand and manage the daily dynamics of the classroom environment? Do you want to offer your students practical, concrete, realistic, field-tested action ideas to use in their own classrooms? Does your course cover cooperative learning, faculty collaboration, school restructuring, and educational reform? If so, look to "Group Processes in the Classroom, Eighth Edition". For 30 years this classic text has provided pre- and in-service teachers with an understanding of group processes in the classroom. Now in its eighth edition, this text combines social-psychological theory and research with recent, teacher-created action ideas - the tested, down-to-earth practices of a generation of K-12 teachers - to show students how they can successfully apply well-researched group-process procedures in their own classrooms and schools. "Group Processes in the Classroom, Eighth Edition" is the only comprehensive text available on the social psychology of teaching and learning.

Table of Contents:
Chapter 1: Historical Perspective. Chapter 2: The Social-Psychological Perspective. Chapter 3: Group Development. Chapter 4: Communication. Chapter 5: Friendship and Class Cohesiveness. Chapter 6: Expectations. Chapter 7: Norms. Chapter 8: Leadership. Chapter 9: Conflict. Chapter 10: School Organisation.

About the Author :
A social psychologist of education, Richard Schmuck is Professor Emeritus in the College of Education at the University of Oregon. He has taught and consulted with thousands of educators worldwide about interpersonal communication, group dynamics, and organization development. He has served on the faculties of the University of Michigan, Temple University, and the University of Oregon, was a fellow of the American Psychological Association, and was the first president of the International Association for the Study of Cooperation in Education. Richard Schmuck is author or coauthor of 19 books and 186 articles. His best known books are: GROUP PROCESSES IN THE CLASSROOM, THE HANDBOOK OF ORGANIZATION DEVELOPMENT IN SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES, 4/E, SMALL DISTRICTS/BIG PROBLEMS: MAKING SCHOOL EVERYBODY'S HOUSE, and A HUMANISTIC PSYCHOLOGY OF EDUCATION. One of his articles about organization development in schools was awarded the Douglas McGregor Award for outstanding applications of behavioral science to practical affairs. His latest book is PRACTICAL ACTION RESEARCH FOR CHANGE. He continues to be busy with consulting, teaching, and writing. Patricia A. Schmuck has taught courses in Educational Leadership and Feminist Theory at Lewis and Clark College and the University of Oregon. She received her Ph.D. in Educational Administration from the University of Oregon. She has published eight other books including WOMEN LEADING IN EDUCATION and HUMANISTIC PSYCHOLOGY OF EDUCATION, as well as over 50 articles and 16 book chapters. She has served as a consultant to many public schools in the northwest.