Principles of Classroom Management: A Professional Decision-Making Model (5th Edition)

The only text that takes a decision-making model approach to classroom management. It provides teachers with a very practical system to influence students to choose to behave productively and to strive for academic success.  This widely used text presents an array of decision-making options that guide teachers in developing positive, pro-social classroom learning environments through relationship building, effective teaching strategies, and deliberate structuring of the classroom environment. The text also provides sets of principles to intervene when students are not focused in they way should be and to help them choose more productive behaviors. The text also addresses working within the classroom and with families and other school resources to help students who exhibit chronic behavior problems.

Thoroughly revised and updated,  Principles of Classroom Management: A Professional Decision-Making Model, 7^th Edition,includes

• a much stronger focus on relationship building as a core activity in all phases of teaching(See new Chapter 7 as well as Chapters 3, 4, 5, 10, and 11)
• increased attention to the principles of motivation and their application in helping students to set high expectations for themselves and to believe they can achieve them(See new Chapter 7 as well as Chapters 3, 4, 5, 10, and 11)
• greater coverage of the knowledge teachers need to develop about cultural differences (Throughout the text)
• much more coverage of the  challenges posed by new technologies, including cyber-bullying, cyber-cheating, and sexting (See Chapters 2 and 3)
• a variety of new cases as well as pre and post-chapter reflective activities (New iterative cases are included at the end of Chapters 1, 4, 7, and 11 and new cases are also embedded in Chapters 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 10.)

From reviews of the book:

“The text provides a very comprehensive view of classroom management that builds hierarchically, logically, and strategically. . . . The text provides not only the skills for effective classroom management . . ., but [it] includes a conceptual and theoretical perspective that is comprehensive and coupled with numerous examples and case studies that clarify and strengthen.”

–Marilyn Howe, Clarion University of Pennsylvania

“I really like the way in which the authors engage readers from the beginning in a realistic conversation about the influence and importance of handling behaviour problems at all levels.”

–Eleanor Wilson, University of Virginia

“This text is concise and doesn’t intimidate the undergraduate student. Students need the bottom line. Currently, this text does that.”
—Justin J. Wageman, North Dakota State University

“This text is very informative. It is not easy to find a book on discipline that includes the material that this one does.”
—Barrie A. Brancato, Clarian University

“I have used this text since I began teaching classroom management six years ago. I have reviewed many others but still find this one to best meet the needs of the students.
—Joan Schwartz, Armstrong Atlantic State University

Written for classroom management and general methods courses, the Fourth Edition of Principles of Classroom Management provides a theoretically based and practical system for helping teachers prevent disruptive behavior, influence appropriate behavior, and continue to provide a positive learning environment for their students. This concise text presents an array of decision-making options that guide teachers in thinking about how to approach particular classroom management situations and choose from a range of options designed to prevent, cope with, and solve a variety of problems.

New to This Edition:

• Includes iterative case studies that are reanalyzed as more concepts are introduced, allowing students to apply their new understandings to real classroom behavior problems.
• Two new appendices on (1) Guidelines for Working with Special Needs Students, and (2) Decisions and Tasks for Beginning the School Year focus attention on two critical teacher needs.
• Includes the latest research on violence in the media and its impact on students’ behavior with detailed coverage of why students engage in bullying, the prevalence of bullying behavior including cyber-bullying, and what schools can do to prevent and reduce bullying (Ch. 3).
• Discusses how formative assessment and feedback and the use of differentiated instruction positively impacts both student achievement and behavior (Ch. 5).
• Discusses the disproportional rate of disciplinary measures directed toward minority students (particularly African Americans) and an explanation as to why this occurs and how it can be eliminated (Ch. 6).
• Details on the negative academic and behavioral impact on students of out of school suspension are discussed (Ch. 9).
• Chapter by chapter PowerPoints and a Test Bank that includes multiple choice, true/false, and discussion questions for each chapter is available online. Instructors can access this supplement by contacting their local representative for a password.
• Classroom Management video free to adopters.