Teaching Children to Care: Classroom Management for Ethical and Academic Growth, K-8 / Edition 2

by Ruth Sidney Charney

Overview

"Ruth Charney gives teachers help on things that really matter. She wants children to learn how to care for themselves, their fellow students, their environment, and their work. Her book is loaded with practical wisdom. Using Charney's positive approach to classroom management will make the whole school day go better."
- Nel Noddings, Professor Emeritus, Stanford University, and author of Caring

This definitive work about classroom management will show teachers how to turn their vision of respectful, friendly, academically rigorous classrooms into reality.

The new edition includes:

• More information on teaching middle-school students
• Additional strategies for helping children with challenging behavior
• Updated stories and examples from real classrooms.

"Teaching Children to Care offers educators a practical guide to one of the most effective social and emotional learning programs I know of. The Responsive Classroom approach creates an ideal environment for learning—a pioneering program every teacher should know about."
- Daniel Goleman, Author of Emotional Intelligence

"I spent one whole summer reading Teaching Children to Care. It was like a rebirth for me. This book helped direct my professional development. After reading it, I had a path to follow. I now look forward to rereading this book each August to refresh and reinforce my ability to effectively manage a social curriculum in my classroom."
- Gail Zimmerman, second-grade teacher, Jackson Mann Elementary School, Boston, MA

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781892989086
Publisher:	Northeast Foundation for Children, Inc.
Publication date:	06/01/2002
Edition description:	REV
Pages:	456
Sales rank:	447,745
Product dimensions:	8.00(w) x 9.75(h) x (d)
Age Range:	5 - 13 Years

Table of Contents

	Preface	1
	Foreword	3
Sect. I	Building a Learning Community	7
1	Intentions	17
2	I See You, I See Everything	27
3	Making the Rules with Children	69
4	Teaching the Rules	107
5	The Critical Contract: A Student's Individual Goals for the Year	123
Sect. II	Making the Community Work	139
6	Using Logical Consequences When Rules Are Broken	143
7	Time-Out: Establishing Boundaries and Promoting Self-Control	165
8	The Five Percent	191
9	Working Together to Support the Rules	211
Sect. III	The Voices of Teaching	227
10	Empowering Language: Say What You Mean and Mean What You Say	233
11	Stress the Deed, Not the Doer	247
12	The Voices of Authority	265
Sect. IV	Further Strategies for Difficult Classroom Behaviors	273
13	Problem-Solving Class Meetings	277
14	Teachers as Mirrors: Using Social Conferences	305
15	Individual Contracts	339
Sect. V	Clear Positives	361
16	Teaching by Clear Positives: Revisiting Ideals	369
17	Clear Positives in Action	383
	Conclusion: Authentic Teaching	403
	App. A	409
	App. B	413
	App. C	419
	App. D	425
	App. E	427
	Recommended Resources	433