Temperament-Based Elementary Classroom Management
This book presents an alternative to the “one size fits all” classroom approach. The majority of classroom management books present generic strategies as if they are applicable to all students. The underlying assertion of such books is that if teachers use such approaches, student behavior problems will seldom occur. An alternative framework, presented in this book, asserts that teachers need to incorporate knowledge about temperament into their strategies for classroom management. As studies have demonstrated, targeted temperament-based strategies succeed where global disciplinary practices have failed. Because students differ in their temperaments, variations in classroom behavior are to be expected. Child temperament is the inborn individual characteristics that affect the way children react to different situations. It is also a social processing system through which children view and interact with the world, both altering the responses of others and contributing toward their own development. Once teachers learn the major tenets of temperament, they no longer view their students as intentionally misbehaving. Instead they understand how the temperaments of their students influence their classroom behavior. Such insights release teachers from engaging in futile battles with their students. They can redirect their energies into enhancing their relationships with their students, implementing effective temperament-based strategies, and, as a result, spend more time on instructional activities.
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Temperament-Based Elementary Classroom Management
This book presents an alternative to the “one size fits all” classroom approach. The majority of classroom management books present generic strategies as if they are applicable to all students. The underlying assertion of such books is that if teachers use such approaches, student behavior problems will seldom occur. An alternative framework, presented in this book, asserts that teachers need to incorporate knowledge about temperament into their strategies for classroom management. As studies have demonstrated, targeted temperament-based strategies succeed where global disciplinary practices have failed. Because students differ in their temperaments, variations in classroom behavior are to be expected. Child temperament is the inborn individual characteristics that affect the way children react to different situations. It is also a social processing system through which children view and interact with the world, both altering the responses of others and contributing toward their own development. Once teachers learn the major tenets of temperament, they no longer view their students as intentionally misbehaving. Instead they understand how the temperaments of their students influence their classroom behavior. Such insights release teachers from engaging in futile battles with their students. They can redirect their energies into enhancing their relationships with their students, implementing effective temperament-based strategies, and, as a result, spend more time on instructional activities.
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Temperament-Based Elementary Classroom Management

Temperament-Based Elementary Classroom Management

by Sandee Graham McClowry
Temperament-Based Elementary Classroom Management

Temperament-Based Elementary Classroom Management

by Sandee Graham McClowry

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Overview

This book presents an alternative to the “one size fits all” classroom approach. The majority of classroom management books present generic strategies as if they are applicable to all students. The underlying assertion of such books is that if teachers use such approaches, student behavior problems will seldom occur. An alternative framework, presented in this book, asserts that teachers need to incorporate knowledge about temperament into their strategies for classroom management. As studies have demonstrated, targeted temperament-based strategies succeed where global disciplinary practices have failed. Because students differ in their temperaments, variations in classroom behavior are to be expected. Child temperament is the inborn individual characteristics that affect the way children react to different situations. It is also a social processing system through which children view and interact with the world, both altering the responses of others and contributing toward their own development. Once teachers learn the major tenets of temperament, they no longer view their students as intentionally misbehaving. Instead they understand how the temperaments of their students influence their classroom behavior. Such insights release teachers from engaging in futile battles with their students. They can redirect their energies into enhancing their relationships with their students, implementing effective temperament-based strategies, and, as a result, spend more time on instructional activities.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781475809428
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date: 04/28/2014
Pages: 150
Product dimensions: 7.10(w) x 9.90(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Sandee McClowry is a Professor of Counseling and Teaching & Learning in the Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development at New York University. Dr. McClowry has conducted research in the New York City public schools for more than 20 years. She is the developer of the comprehensive evidenced-based school intervention for teachers, students and their parents called INSIGHTS into Children’s Temperament. Dr. McClowry has received over $8 million in funding from the Institute of Education Sciences and the National Institutes of Health to test the efficacy of INSIGHTS. She is the Past-President of the Classroom Management Special Interest Group of the American Education Research Association.

Table of Contents

Part I The 3 Rs of Temperament-Based Classroom Management-Recognize, Reframe, and Respond 1

Chapter 1 Recognizing Child Temperament 3

What Is Child Temperament? 3

Major Conclusions about Child Temperament 5

Motor Activity 9

Task Persistence 9

Withdrawal 11

Negative Reactivity 12

Theoretical Frameworks That Support Temperament-Based Classroom Management 13

Temperament-Based Classroom Management 16

Summary 16

Class Discussion 17

Optional Case Study Assignment 17

Recommended Readings 18

Chapter 2 Refraining Your Perceptions 21

Common Temperament Profiles of School-Age Children 22

Two Methods for Recognizing the Temperament of Students 29

Salient Temperament Dimensions 31

A Few Cautions about Labeling 33

Teacher Perceptions and Attitudes Regarding Student Temperament 33

Refraining Your Perceptions 35

Viewing Temperament as a Continuum 36

Summary 38

Class Discussion 39

Optional Case Study Assignment 40

Recommended Readings 40

Chapter 3 Teacher Responses 43

Teacher-Student Relationships 43

Interactions between Teachers and Their Students 45

How Student Characteristics Are Related to Teacher Feedback 46

How Teacher Characteristics Are Related to Teacher Feedback 47

From a Temperament Perspective: Types of Teacher Responses 48

A Familiar Scenario, "He Pushed Me" 54

Summary 59

Class Discussion 59

Optional Case Study Assignment 60

Recommended Readings 60

Part II The 2 Ss of Temperament-Based Classroom Management-Scaffolding and Stretching 63

Chapter 4 Preparing and Maintaining a Postive Classroom Environment 65

Before the School Year Begins 66

Engaging the Students during the Early Weeks of the School Year 69

Throughout the School Year 71

Maintaining the Classroom Environment by Dealing with Noncompliance and Disruptive Behavior 73

Summary 79

Class Discussion 81

Optional Case Study Assignment 81

Appendix A Checklist for Preparing and Maintaining Your Classroom 82

Recommended Readings 83

Chapter 5 Enhancing Student Self-Regulation 87

Defining Self-Regulation 87

The Development of Self-Regulation 88

Teacher Strategies That Enhance Student Self-Regulation 89

Cooperation Contracts for Students with Attentional Difficulties 100

Cooperation Contracts for Conflictual Student-Teacher Relationships 100

Summary 103

Class Discussion 104

Optional Case Study Assignment 104

Recommended Headings 104

Chapter 6 Fostering Social Competencies 107

Defining Social Competencies 108

The Complex World of Children's Relationships 108

Associations between Social Competencies and Other Outcomes 109

Teachers' Roles in Supporting Child Social Competencies 109

Teacher Strategies for Fostering Your Students' Competencies 115

Summary 118

Class Discussion 119

Course Assignments 119

Optional Case Study Assignment 119

Recommended Readings 119

Part III The 3 Rs and the 2 Ss Reapplied to Teachers 123

Chapter 7 Teachers Are People, Too 125

The First of the 3 Rs: Recognize 126

The Second of the 3 Rs: Reframe Your Perceptions 127

The Last of the 3 Rs: Respond 128

The First of the 2 Ss: Scaffold 132

The Second of the 2 Ss: Stretch 134

Summary 135

Assignments 136

Class Discussion 137

Recommended Readings 137

Index 139

About the Author 141

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