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Author Zuckerman, June Trop

Title From Lesson Plans to Power Struggles, Grades 6-12 : Classroom Management Strategies for New Teachers
Published Thousand Oaks : SAGE Publications, 2009

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Description 1 online resource (233 pages)
Contents Cover -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- About the Author -- Part I -- Lesson Execution Problems -- Chapter 1 -- The Advantage of a Well-Planned, Activity-Based Lesson -- Chapter 2 -- When Your Lesson Plan Is Inadequate -- Chapter 3 -- When Your Lesson Is Boring -- Chapter 4 -- When Your Directions Generate Frustration -- Chatper 5 -- When the Activities You've Planned Don't Fill the Allotted Time -- Chapter 6 -- Getting the Class Settled for the Start of the Lesson -- Chapter 7 -- When You Have a Persistently Noisy Class -- Chapter 8 -- When Your Normally Attentive Class Is Noisy -- Chapter 9 -- When the Class Misuses Instructional Materials -- Chapter 10 -- When Students Don't Do Their Homework -- Chapter 11 -- When There's a Threat to Student Safety -- Chapter 12 -- When There's a Mishap -- Chapter 13 -- When a Tragic Event Affects the School Community -- Part II -- Discipline Problems -- Chapter 14 -- When a Good Student Violates a Minor Rule -- Chapter 15 -- When You Have a Class Clown -- Chapter 16 -- When Students Are Your Buddies -- Chapter 17 -- When You Have a Student Who Talks a Lot -- Chapter 18 -- When a Group Misbehaves (or Is Likely to Misbehave) -- Chapter 19 -- When a Student Is Outspoken -- Chapter 20 -- When a Student Does Little or No Schoolwork -- Chapter 21 -- When a Student Seems Troubled -- Chapter 22 -- When Students Bully -- Chapter 23 -- When Students Cheat -- Chapter 24 -- When Students Fight -- Chapter 25 -- When You Find Yourself in a Power Struggle -- Chapter 26 -- When Your Student Has a Tantrum -- Chapter 27 -- When a Student Persistently Seeks Attention -- Chapter 28 -- When a Student Provokes the Class's Animosity -- Chapter 29 -- When an Administrative Intervention Is Necessary -- Conclusion: Becoming an Effective Classroom Manager -- References -- Glossary and Index of Technical Terms
Alphabetical Index of Practical Principles -- Topical Index of Practical Principles -- Index of Supplementary Concepts -- General Index
Summary Straight talk about classroom management from new teachers who have developed solutions! Offering authentic stories from novice secondary school teachers in urban, suburban, and rural districts with diverse students, this practical guide illustrates how new teachers can benefit from the experiences of their peers to resolve common classroom challenges. The author provides instructional and disciplinary cases, plus an expert analysis of each teacher's successful strategies. The book includes: A table of contents with specific instructional/discipline topics for easy reference Ways to
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Subject Classroom management.
Classroom management -- Anecdotes
Teachers -- Anecdotes
Classroom management
Teachers
Genre/Form Anecdotes
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781412968782
141296878X