Human Relations for the Educator: Meeting the Challenges for Today and Tomorrow

The most important challenge facing teachers exists in the human exchange and relationship-building with those he/she works under and works with. Human Relations for the Educator uses an applied approach to give pre-service teachers the essentials skills to promote productive interactions and build on existing relations.

Human Relations for the Educator allows educators to:

1. see the importance of self-reflection in everything they do.
2. possess background knowledge in order to establish and maintain productive relationships.
3. understand, develop, and maintain relationships with students, parents, supervisors, colleagues, faculty, and paraprofessionals.

The new 2nd edition of Human Relations for the Educator equips pre-service teachers with skills in Human Relations needed to conquer the challenges of today’s and tomorrow’s world.

Topics covered include:

• Self development
• Understanding perceptions and drawing conclusions
• Listening
• Conflict management and student diversity
• Verbal and nonverbal communication