Books : Learning to Trust: Transforming Difficult Elementary Classrooms Through Developmental Discipline
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by: Marilyn Watson, Laura Ecken, Alfie Kohn
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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 372.11024
EAN: 9780787966508
ISBN: 0787966509
Label: Jossey-Bass
Manufacturer: Jossey-Bass
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 352
Publication Date: May 02, 2003
Publisher: Jossey-Bass
Sales Rank: 371079
Studio: Jossey-Bass
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Faced with increasing numbers of children who are difficult to manage and the pervasive presence of high stakes testing, many teachers feel frustrated and compelled to reduce their attention to building relationships with and among their students and their focus on social and ethical development. In Learning to Trust, an educational psychologist and a classroom teacher collaborate to demonstrate through an in-depth case study of an inner-city classroom the power and importance of caring, trusting relationships for fostering children's academic growth as well as their social and ethical development.
Marilyn Watson explains and describes the ups and downs of Laura Ecken's classroom through the lens of attachment theory, while Laura describes in vivid detail the ongoing life of her classroom, revealing throughout her challenges, thoughts, fears, failures and successes. Together they explore a fundamentally new approach to classroom management and present many practical strategies for helping all children develop the social and emotional skills needed to live harmonious and productive lives, the self confidence and curiosity to invest wholeheartedly in learning, and the empathy and moral understanding to be caring and responsible young people.
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Rating: - A different approach to dicipline.
The book presents an alternative to the traditional dicipline approach in a classroom. Marilyn Watson does a great job showing us how the attachment theory can work in a classroom situation. Laura Eckens, a 16 year elementary school teacher, takes us into her classroom over a 2 year period to show us her successes, challenges and failures. She uses real-life experiences to demonstrate what developmental discipline is. She shows how you can manage a successful classroom without providing incentives ... Read More
Rating: - Vivid Narrative of the Development of a Caring Classroom
This book invites us to step inside a dynamically unfolding classroom, come along side a caring professional educator and her supportive mentor, and vicariously share in the joys and struggles of a group of children who will forever be etched in our hearts.
The genuine interactions portrayed in the classroom vignettes, demonstrate the potential for all children to grow and develop when led by a teacher like Laura Ecken, the teacher in this book. Her commitment to developing trusting relationships ... Read More
Rating: - Beyond Classroom Management
Marilyn Watson has written a book relevant to all classrooms, not just "difficult" ones. It is a helpful blend of theory and practice, with Laura Ecken and her classroom serving as a case study. The reader can live with Laura during her two years of transforming her classroom into a caring community of learners. Watson's commentary helps the reader understand not only what works but why it works. I highly recommend this book to all practicing teachers.
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