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Grades 3 - 8 Foreword by Jerome C. Harste Most public school educators eventually meet up with "the class from hell"the one that throws them off guard, defies all preconceptions about learning, and renders once-effective teaching methods wholly inadequate. Worse, as the simple truth emerges that good curriculums with democratic options don't always yield responsible learning communities, teachers may resign themselves to a preoccupation with the "D" Discipline. Allen Koshewa knows from hard-won experience that one needn't abandon democratic ideals in the face of such a challenge, and he documents it all in this pivotal "year-in-the-life" of a turbulent fifth-grade class. Here, a total breakdown of order occurred when students subverted the efforts of their very capable teacher to foster a democratic learning environmentefforts she'd long been known and admired for. The crisis caused classroom observer Koshewa to abandon his research goals, and instead collaborate on devising effective, yet judicious discipline strategies. The book describes various techniques for nurturing self-esteem in even the most resistant studentsactive listening, anger management, diversity education, and mo

Author

Allen Koshewa, Jerome C. Harste

Publisher

Heinemann; Heineman

Published

1999

Language

EN

ISBN

9780325001814

Subjects

Education, Management, Technology