Discipline: The Most Important Subject We Teach

This book offers a practical, realistic and positive guide for both prospective and experienced teachers working to improve their classroom management skills. Contents: Critical Incidents in Teaching; Discipline, the Most Important Subject We Teach; The Extent of the Problem; Why Students Misbehave; Discipline and the First-Year Teacher; Discipline and What You Might Share With Parents; A Perspective on Discipline; Ten Principles for Working with Adolescents; Punishment, A Legitimate Part of Teaching? Swearing, Lying, and Cheating: Developing a Conceptual Framework From Which to React; A Message from Those Who Survive; Models of Discipline; We Have Support to Do the Job We Need to Do! Role Playing and Discipline; A Final Word for Educators.