Description: Shows clearly how to plan, implement, and maintain well-managed, healthy learning environments that foster student academic success
KEY TOPICS: Education, Teaching, Classrooms, Learning, Teachers, Students, Management, Organization, Elementary, Managing, Organizing, Behavior, Discipline, Teaching and Technology, Classroom management, teacher-student relationships, classroom organization, beginning the school year, start of school, first days of school, managing student work, managing learning groups, managing cooperative learning, managing special groups, managing problem behaviors, student appropriate behavior, student misbehavior, planning instruction, conducting instruction, communication skills for teaching, intervention, behavior, consequence, misbehavior, problem behavior, elementary school, elementary teaching, teacher communication, classrooms, management, organization, teaching with technology MARKET Current and future elementary classroom teachers.Review Quotes: From reviews of the text:
"The Case Studies at the end of most of the chapters are really helpful for both instructors and students to shape thinking, planning and understanding of the classroom environments and challenges. The activities at the end of the chapters are also helpful to both instructor and student as they provide a platform to broaden understanding." --Monica J. Phelps, Loyola University Maryland "I consider the text to be student friendly. Easy to read and the vignettes bring the text to life . . . . The chapters are the perfect length . . . . I really enjoy teaching from this text. . . ." --Wanda Nicklebur, Lamar University