Solving Discipline and Classroom Management Problems : Methods and Models for Today's Teachers

Now in its Fifth Edition, Wolfgang's Solving Discipline and Classroom Management Problems offers a wide variety of methods teachers can use to deal with a range of discipline problems in the classroom-from minor misbehavior to serious assaults. In addition to examining in detail the various discipline approaches within the Rules-Consequences, Confronting-Contracting, and Relationship-Listening models, Wolfgang's new edition explores classrom management and its relationship with-and effect on-discipline issues.

New to This Edition:

• New models including Dobson's Leadership-Punishment; Albert's Cooperative Discipline; and selections from Alfie Kohn's Punishment by Rewards
• Exploration of classroom management issues through the research and writings of Kounin, Evertson, and Emmer
• Discipline incident vignettes to demonstrate how each model would address particular situations
• End-of-chapter questions and concept tests to gauge the reader's understanding of vocabulary and key concepts

Hallmark Features:

• Clear explanation of each model, with an analysis of strengths and weaknesses
• Balanced, unbiased approach to the many methods and models for classroom discipline
• Numerous examples and illustrations showing students how to implement each model in specific situations

Charles H. Wolfgang has provided discipline training nationally and internationally for more than 25 years. He has been a classroom teacher at the preschool, elementary, and middle-school levels; a counselor in a boarding high school; and a school principal. His theoretical framework is based on his scholarly work as a professor of education at The Ohio State University, The University of Virginia, and Florida State University.