Classroom Management for Middle-Grades Teachers

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0205361285

Written by well-known expert Carol Charles and his daughter Marilyn Charles who has taught at the Middle School level for over 20 years, this text offers practical strategies balanced with sound scholarship, presented in a reader-friendly style. This new first edition text will help middle-grades teachers understand and work effectively with early adolescents by describing teaching and management techniques that help students at this level prosper. Classroom Management for Middle Grades Teachers addresses the nature of early adolescent students, their needs and interests, what they like and dislike in school and explains how teachers can work together with students most effectively. The authors incorporate community relations and working effectively with parents to produce better learning, better attitudes toward school, and increased support for teachers. This text also integrates issues of cultural, ethnic, linguistic, and economic diversity, working with students who require special accommodations or management and making good use of computer technology in the educational program. Special Features Pedagogical components, including chapter previews, numerous scenarios and examples, field applications, end-of-chapter questions, and end-of-chapter activities to help students interpret information and apply their knowledge in realistic contexts. Helps teachers by presenting principles of working effectively with middle-grades students, summarized in 13 operating principles that characterize high quality classrooms. Presents recommended guidelines (Ch. 5) for preparing teachers for middle-level education and shows how the guidelines are related to professional practice. Related Titles Building Classroom Discipline, 7/e C.M. Charles 0-321-07691-5 Essentials of Effective Discipline, 1/e C.M. Charles 0-201-72948-2 Introduction to Educational Research, 4/e Carol M. Charles Craig A. Mertler 0-321-08175-7 Listening to Students: Reflections on Secondary Classroom Management, 1/e Sue Ann Thorson 0-321-06397-X