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How can teachers work with their students more effectively? How can administrators and teachers collaboratively manage schools smoothly? First, they need to have a clear understanding of how students, teachers, and administrators function in groups and a clear plan for how to improve these group dynamics. In this book, recent real-life examples show how different group-process theories can be applied successfully to your own classroom and school, whether it's in inner-city Los Angeles, suburban Chicago, or rural Maine. Authors Richard and Patricia Schmuck offer many useful suggestions, and place special emphasis on how interpersonal relationships at school are deeply connected to how students feel about school and to what they learn. With solid theory, down-to-earth applications, and current topics such as cooperative learning and multiage classes, you'll find this book a valuable and practical addition to your professional library.

A social psychologist of education, Richard Schmuck is Professor Emeritus in the College of Education at the University of Oregon. He has taught and consulted with thousands of educators worldwide about interpersonal communication, group dynamics, and organization development. He has served on the faculties of the University of Michigan, Temple University, and the University of Oregon, was a fellow of the American Psychological Association, and was the first president of the International Association for the Study of Cooperation in Education. Richard Schmuck is author or coauthor of 19 books and 186 articles. His best known books are: GROUP PROCESSES IN THE CLASSROOM, THE HANDBOOK OF ORGANIZATION DEVELOPMENT IN SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES, 4/E, SMALL DISTRICTS/BIG PROBLEMS: MAKING SCHOOL EVERYBODY'S HOUSE, and A HUMANISTIC PSYCHOLOGY OF EDUCATION. One of his articles about organization development in schools was awarded the Douglas McGregor Award for outstanding applications of behavioral science to practical affairs. His latest book is PRACTICAL ACTION RESEARCH FOR CHANGE. He continues to be busy with consulting, teaching, and writing.