The Caring Teacher's Guide to Discipline

Helping Students Learn Self-Control, Responsibility, and Respect, K-6
Third Edition
Marilyn E. Gootman - University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA
The Caring Teacher's Guide to Discipline
July 2008 | 224 pages | Corwin
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"What a fresh approach to classroom management! The problem-solving approach makes so much sense if you want a friendly, caring, and safe classroom. Examples in the book illustrate ways to navigate the difficult behaviors that create barriers to learning."
—Jennifer Lee Kumnick, School Social Worker
Clarke County School District, Athens, GA

Help students deal with anger, correct misbehavior, and prevent misunderstandings!

Effective discipline goes hand in hand with both proficient teaching and a caring classroom community. This third edition of Marilyn E. Gootman's bestseller shows novice and veteran teachers how to guide student behavior by developing positive, supportive relationships.

Gootman's approach to discipline focuses on two essentials: teaching students the skills of appropriate behavior and showing them how to avoid inappropriate behavior. Featuring summaries of key points at the end of each chapter, this revised edition offers a new chapter on establishing a caring classroom community, guidelines on how to handle cyberbullying, and an updated and expanded resource list featuring literature and programs on classroom discipline. Teachers can help children become good thinkers, good learners, and good classroom citizens by:

  • Setting realistic rules and expectations for conduct
  • Developing students' problem-solving techniques
  • Encouraging open communication to resolve disagreements
  • Creating partnerships with parents

By creating a nurturing environment in the classroom, teachers can make a difference in children's lives—and maintain their own enthusiasm and idealism!

Contents

Foreword to the First Edition by Carl D. Glickman

Foreword to the First Edition by Carl D. Glickman

Preface to the Third Edition

Preface to the Third Edition

Acknowledgments

Acknowledgments

About the Author

About the Author

Introduction: Caring Teachers Can Make a Difference

  • What Is Caring Teacher Discipline?
  • Caring Teacher Discipline Saves Time and Reduces Stress
  • Caring Teacher Discipline: An Approach for All Students
  • The Basic Assumption
  • Summary of Main Points

1. Creating a Caring Community

  • Caring Classroom Relationships: A Win-Win Situation
  • Establishing Caring Relationships With Our Students
  • Establishing Caring Relationships Among Our Students
  • Engaging Parents as Partners in Discipline
  • Insecure Attachment to Adults: A Relationship Challenge
  • Summary of Main Points

2. Setting the Stage for Appropriate Behavior

  • Space: There’s a Place for Everything
  • Time
  • Class Meetings
  • Summary of Main Points

3. Expectations, Limits, and Rules

  • Unreasonable Barricades: How Students Respond
  • No Fences: How Students Respond
  • Waist-High Fences: How Students Respond
  • How to Build Waist-High Fences
  • Summary of Main Points

4. Encouragement, Praise, and Rewards

  • Encouraging
  • Praising
  • The Artful Critique
  • Rewarding
  • Summary of Main Points

5. Social and Emotional Learning

  • Recognizing and Labeling Feelings
  • Communicating Feelings Nonhurtfully
  • Listening to Others
  • Caring Teacher Listening: A Preventive Discipline Tool
  • Summary of Main Points

6. Harnessing and Channeling Anger Into Constructive Outlets

  • Defusing Student Anger on the Spot
  • Helping Students Harness Anger
  • Preventing Student Anger
  • Harnessing Our Own Anger
  • Summary of Main Points

7. Tracking Down the Cause of Misbehavior

  • Looking in the Mirror
  • Understanding Common Cause of Misbehavior
  • Summary of Main Points

8. What to Do After Students Misbehave

  • Low-Key Discipline
  • Discipline With a Capital D: Problem Solving
  • Contract for Prevention
  • The Benefits of Problem Solving for Students
  • Teaching Our Students Problem Solving
  • Group Problem Solving
  • Summary of Main Points

9. Consequences for Misbehavior

  • Choosing a Consequence
  • Differentiating Between Consequences and Punishments
  • More About Problem Solving for Consequences
  • Summary of Main Points

10. Strategies for Chronic, Annoying Misbehaviors

  • Kinds of Misbehaviors
  • Summary of Main Points

11. Bullying: Prevention and Intervention

  • Definition of Bullying
  • Prevention
  • Intervention
  • Cyber Bullying
  • Summary of Main Points

12. Enhancing Resilience: Strategies for Misbehavior Resulting From Childhood Trauma

  • What Is Childhood Trauma?
  • Our Role
  • Behavior Problems That Could Be Manifestations of Trauma
  • Summary of Main Points

Conclusion

Conclusion

Resource A – Suggested Readings

Resource A – Suggested Readings

Resource B – Recommended Programs

Resource B – Recommended Programs

References

References

Index

Index

Additional materials

Description

"What a fresh approach to classroom management! The problem-solving approach makes so much sense if you want a friendly, caring, and safe classroom. Examples in the book illustrate ways to navigate the difficult behaviors that create barriers to learning."
—Jennifer Lee Kumnick, School Social Worker
Clarke County School District, Athens, GA

Help students deal with anger, correct misbehavior, and prevent misunderstandings!

Effective discipline goes hand in hand with both proficient teaching and a caring classroom community. This third edition of Marilyn E. Gootman's bestseller shows novice and veteran teachers how to guide student behavior by developing positive, supportive relationships.

Gootman's approach to discipline focuses on two essentials: teaching students the skills of appropriate behavior and showing them how to avoid inappropriate behavior. Featuring summaries of key points at the end of each chapter, this revised edition offers a new chapter on establishing a caring classroom community, guidelines on how to handle cyberbullying, and an updated and expanded resource list featuring literature and programs on classroom discipline. Teachers can help children become good thinkers, good learners, and good classroom citizens by:

  • Setting realistic rules and expectations for conduct
  • Developing students' problem-solving techniques
  • Encouraging open communication to resolve disagreements
  • Creating partnerships with parents

By creating a nurturing environment in the classroom, teachers can make a difference in children's lives—and maintain their own enthusiasm and idealism!

Contents

Foreword to the First Edition by Carl D. Glickman

Foreword to the First Edition by Carl D. Glickman

Preface to the Third Edition

Preface to the Third Edition

Acknowledgments

Acknowledgments

About the Author

About the Author

Introduction: Caring Teachers Can Make a Difference

  • What Is Caring Teacher Discipline?
  • Caring Teacher Discipline Saves Time and Reduces Stress
  • Caring Teacher Discipline: An Approach for All Students
  • The Basic Assumption
  • Summary of Main Points

1. Creating a Caring Community

  • Caring Classroom Relationships: A Win-Win Situation
  • Establishing Caring Relationships With Our Students
  • Establishing Caring Relationships Among Our Students
  • Engaging Parents as Partners in Discipline
  • Insecure Attachment to Adults: A Relationship Challenge
  • Summary of Main Points

2. Setting the Stage for Appropriate Behavior

  • Space: There’s a Place for Everything
  • Time
  • Class Meetings
  • Summary of Main Points

3. Expectations, Limits, and Rules

  • Unreasonable Barricades: How Students Respond
  • No Fences: How Students Respond
  • Waist-High Fences: How Students Respond
  • How to Build Waist-High Fences
  • Summary of Main Points

4. Encouragement, Praise, and Rewards

  • Encouraging
  • Praising
  • The Artful Critique
  • Rewarding
  • Summary of Main Points

5. Social and Emotional Learning

  • Recognizing and Labeling Feelings
  • Communicating Feelings Nonhurtfully
  • Listening to Others
  • Caring Teacher Listening: A Preventive Discipline Tool
  • Summary of Main Points

6. Harnessing and Channeling Anger Into Constructive Outlets

  • Defusing Student Anger on the Spot
  • Helping Students Harness Anger
  • Preventing Student Anger
  • Harnessing Our Own Anger
  • Summary of Main Points

7. Tracking Down the Cause of Misbehavior

  • Looking in the Mirror
  • Understanding Common Cause of Misbehavior
  • Summary of Main Points

8. What to Do After Students Misbehave

  • Low-Key Discipline
  • Discipline With a Capital D: Problem Solving
  • Contract for Prevention
  • The Benefits of Problem Solving for Students
  • Teaching Our Students Problem Solving
  • Group Problem Solving
  • Summary of Main Points

9. Consequences for Misbehavior

  • Choosing a Consequence
  • Differentiating Between Consequences and Punishments
  • More About Problem Solving for Consequences
  • Summary of Main Points

10. Strategies for Chronic, Annoying Misbehaviors

  • Kinds of Misbehaviors
  • Summary of Main Points

11. Bullying: Prevention and Intervention

  • Definition of Bullying
  • Prevention
  • Intervention
  • Cyber Bullying
  • Summary of Main Points

12. Enhancing Resilience: Strategies for Misbehavior Resulting From Childhood Trauma

  • What Is Childhood Trauma?
  • Our Role
  • Behavior Problems That Could Be Manifestations of Trauma
  • Summary of Main Points

Conclusion

Conclusion

Resource A – Suggested Readings

Resource A – Suggested Readings

Resource B – Recommended Programs

Resource B – Recommended Programs

References

References

Index

Index

Additional materials

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The Caring Teacher's Guide to Discipline

Helping Students Learn Self-Control, Responsibility, and Respect, K-6


July 2008 | 224 pages | Corwin

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"What a fresh approach to classroom management! The problem-solving approach makes so much sense if you want a friendly, caring, and safe classroom. Examples in the book illustrate ways to navigate the difficult behaviors that create barriers to learning."
—Jennifer Lee Kumnick, School Social Worker
Clarke County School District, Athens, GA

Help students deal with anger, correct misbehavior, and prevent misunderstandings!

Effective discipline goes hand in hand with both proficient teaching and a caring classroom community. This third edition of Marilyn E. Gootman's bestseller shows novice and veteran teachers how to guide student behavior by developing positive, supportive relationships.

Gootman's approach to discipline focuses on two essentials: teaching students the skills of appropriate behavior and showing them how to avoid inappropriate behavior. Featuring summaries of key points at the end of each chapter, this revised edition offers a new chapter on establishing a caring classroom community, guidelines on how to handle cyberbullying, and an updated and expanded resource list featuring literature and programs on classroom discipline. Teachers can help children become good thinkers, good learners, and good classroom citizens by:

  • Setting realistic rules and expectations for conduct
  • Developing students' problem-solving techniques
  • Encouraging open communication to resolve disagreements
  • Creating partnerships with parents

By creating a nurturing environment in the classroom, teachers can make a difference in children's lives—and maintain their own enthusiasm and idealism!


Table Of Contents:

  • Foreword to the First Edition by Carl D. Glickman
  • Preface to the Third Edition
  • Acknowledgments
  • About the Author
  • Introduction: Caring Teachers Can Make a Difference
  • What Is Caring Teacher Discipline?
  • Caring Teacher Discipline Saves Time and Reduces Stress
  • Caring Teacher Discipline: An Approach for All Students
  • The Basic Assumption
  • Summary of Main Points
  • 1. Creating a Caring Community
  • Caring Classroom Relationships: A Win-Win Situation
  • Establishing Caring Relationships With Our Students
  • Establishing Caring Relationships Among Our Students
  • Engaging Parents as Partners in Discipline
  • Insecure Attachment to Adults: A Relationship Challenge
  • Summary of Main Points
  • 2. Setting the Stage for Appropriate Behavior
  • Space: There’s a Place for Everything
  • Time
  • Class Meetings
  • Summary of Main Points
  • 3. Expectations, Limits, and Rules
  • Unreasonable Barricades: How Students Respond
  • No Fences: How Students Respond
  • Waist-High Fences: How Students Respond
  • How to Build Waist-High Fences
  • Summary of Main Points
  • 4. Encouragement, Praise, and Rewards
  • Encouraging
  • Praising
  • The Artful Critique
  • Rewarding
  • Summary of Main Points
  • 5. Social and Emotional Learning
  • Recognizing and Labeling Feelings
  • Communicating Feelings Nonhurtfully
  • Listening to Others
  • Caring Teacher Listening: A Preventive Discipline Tool
  • Summary of Main Points
  • 6. Harnessing and Channeling Anger Into Constructive Outlets
  • Defusing Student Anger on the Spot
  • Helping Students Harness Anger
  • Preventing Student Anger
  • Harnessing Our Own Anger
  • Summary of Main Points
  • 7. Tracking Down the Cause of Misbehavior
  • Looking in the Mirror
  • Understanding Common Cause of Misbehavior
  • Summary of Main Points
  • 8. What to Do After Students Misbehave
  • Low-Key Discipline
  • Discipline With a Capital D: Problem Solving
  • Contract for Prevention
  • The Benefits of Problem Solving for Students
  • Teaching Our Students Problem Solving
  • Group Problem Solving
  • Summary of Main Points
  • 9. Consequences for Misbehavior
  • Choosing a Consequence
  • Differentiating Between Consequences and Punishments
  • More About Problem Solving for Consequences
  • Summary of Main Points
  • 10. Strategies for Chronic, Annoying Misbehaviors
  • Kinds of Misbehaviors
  • Summary of Main Points
  • 11. Bullying: Prevention and Intervention
  • Definition of Bullying
  • Prevention
  • Intervention
  • Cyber Bullying
  • Summary of Main Points
  • 12. Enhancing Resilience: Strategies for Misbehavior Resulting From Childhood Trauma
  • What Is Childhood Trauma?
  • Our Role
  • Behavior Problems That Could Be Manifestations of Trauma
  • Summary of Main Points
  • Conclusion
  • Resource A – Suggested Readings
  • Resource B – Recommended Programs
  • References
  • Index

Recent Product Reviews:

“The prolific examples contribute to a better understanding of classroom behavior and control. Easy to follow and an enjoyable read."
Jerome I. Leventhal, Professor Emeritus, Temple University
"Marilyn Gootman's work shines as a clear, research-based framework for how teachers can establish caring, respectful classroom communities as illustrated by real teachers' experiences. Beginning teachers will be inspired, and experienced teachers will be challenged."
Claire E. Hamilton, Professor of Education, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
"What a fresh approach to classroom management! The problem-solving approach makes so much sense if you want a friendly, caring, and safe classroom. Examples in the book illustrate ways to navigate the difficult behaviors that create barriers to learning."
Jennifer Lee Kumnick, School Social Worker, Clarke County School District, Athens, GA

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