Philippine Christian University

An Interpersonal Approach to Classroom Management --
Cover; An Interpersonal Approach to Classroom Management; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; About the Authors; Introduction: What Are Your Implicit Theories of Classroom Management?; Observing Student Engagement; Classroom Management in Today's Classrooms; Teachers' Beliefs About Discipline; Espousing a Relational View of Classroom Management; Connecting With All Students; Redefining Discipline; KEY TERMS; RESOURCES FOR TEACHERS; PART I. Management as a Function of Student Engagement; 1. What Does It Mean for Students to Be Engaged? Three Types of EngagementMotivational Systems Theory; Self-Determination Theory; Why Is Relational Engagement Important?; What Teachers Can Do to Support Caringand Students' Relatedness Needs; KEY TERMS; RESOURCES FOR TEACHERS; 2. How Do I Organize My Classroom for Engagement?; Instructional Design: Consistency Management; Organizing for Student Autonomy; Planning to Promote Behavioral and Relational Engagement: Routines and Rituals; Establishing Routines for Engagement; Creating Rituals for Engagement; Planning to Promote Cognitive Engagement: Classroom Goal Structures; KEY TERMS. RESOURCES FOR TEACHERS3. How Do I Create a Classroom Climate That Supports Engagement?; Developing Students' Autonomy and Responsibility: Classroom Discourse Patterns; Do I Speak to My Students in a Way That Promotes Their Autonomy and DevelopsTheir Sense of Responsibility?; When I Speak to My Students, Am I Clear About How to Be Successful?; When I Speak to My Students, Am I Clear That Everyone Belongs?; When We Are Having a Conflict, Do I Communicate the Value of Reconciliation?; KEY TERMS; RESOURCES FOR TEACHERS; PART II: Management as a Function of Classroom Relationships. 4. How Do I Model Caring in Relationships With Students?Observing Beliefs About Relationships; Teacher Beliefs About Relationships; Warm Demanding Teachers; Feedback, Praise, and Academic Press; KEY TERMS; RESOURCES FOR TEACHERS; 5. How Can I Build Supportive Peer Relationships?; Revisiting Alice's and Kim's Classrooms; Why Are Peer Relationships Important?; Building a Positive Classroom Community; The Child Development Project; The Open Classroom Learning Community; Building Community Using Cooperative Learning; Peer Relationship Issues in the Classroom. Facilitating Supportive Relationships With Children With Special NeedsReducing Peer Victimization and Bullying; KEY TERMS; RESOURCES FOR TEACHERS; 6. How Do I Connect With Diverse Students?; Observing Discourses About Diversity; Cultural Synchronization: (Mis)Interpreting Disrespect; Observing Systemic Oppression; Disrupting Systemic Oppression: Maintaining Expectations, Transforming Deficit Thinking, and Offering Positive Intent; What Does It Mean to Be Culturally Competent in Our Relationships?; KEY TERMS; RESOURCES FOR TEACHERS; PART III. Management as a Function of Teacher Self-Regulation.

This book provides teachers with a resource for exploring classroom management from the perspectives of student engagement, classroom relationships, and teacher self regulation.