Effective Classroom Management: Models & Strategies for Today's Classrooms

Appropriate for grades K-12, this reader-friendly, practical book offers you a solid foundation for developing an individualized classroom management plan that suits your unique instructional philosophy.¿ This book examines a variety of models of classroom management arranged according to their primary focus: classroom management as discipline, classroom management as a system, and classroom management as instruction. Presenting a scholarly review of the research base on classroom management, this book will show you how each of the models effectively addresses current Interstate New Teacher Assessment and Support Consortium (INTASC) standards. ¿ In the third edition, the practical orientation of previous editions has been retained while providing you with an updated view of classroom management models and research.

Table of Contents:
Chapter 1 - Changing Views of Classroom Management   Part I - Classroom Management as Discipline   Chapter 2 - Behavioral Approaches to Classroom Management   Chapter 3 - Assertive Discipline   Chapter 4 - Positive Classroom Discipline   Chapter 5 - Logical Consequences   Part II Classroom Management as a System   Chapter 6 - Discipline with Dignity   Chapter 7 - Classroom Organization and Management Program (COMP)   Chapter 8  - Building Community   Chapter 9 - Discipline without Stress® Punishments or Rewards   Part III Classroom Management as Instruction   Chapter 10 - Inner Discipline   Chapter 11 - Positive Behavior Support Chapter 12 - Conflict Resolution and Peer Mediation   Chapter 13 - Judicious Discipline   Part IV Developing a Personal System   Chapter 14 - Research-Based Best Practices in Classroom Management Chapter 15 - Creating Your Own System  

About the Author :
Carlette Jackson Hardin is Professor of Education at Austin Peay State University, Clarksville, Tennessee.  She currently serves as Interim Dean for the College of Education.  Dr. Hardin has degrees from Austin Peay State University (B.S., and M.S.) and Vanderbilt (Ed.D.). Dr. Hardin has been active in professional organizations at the state and national level, having served as President of the National Association for Developmental Education.  Dr. Hardin has given over 100 keynote addresses, presentations, and workshops at state, regional, and national conferences.    Since 1981, Dr. Hardin has had numerous professional publications and funded grants. Dr. Hardin and Dr. Ann Harris have written a fastback, Managing Classroom Crises for Phi Delta Kappa which was published Spring, 2000.  An orientation textbook for adult students, 100 Things Every Adult Student Ought to Know, was published in February 2000 by Cambridge Press.   She co-authored Capturing Change: Globalizing the Curriculum through Technology, published by Rowman and Littlefield Education.  Her most publication is a monograph published by Phi Delta Kappa, Making the Most of Student Teaching.