Making good choices : developing responsibility, respect, and self-discipline in grades 4-9 /: developing responsibility, respect, and self-discipline in grades 4-9. (2003)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Richard L. Curwin.
• Other Names: Curwin, Richard L, 1944-
• Contents: The classroom as a laboratory for life : ages 9 through 15 are a twilight zone between childhood and functioning adulthood -- Eight objectives and ten guidelines for using this book : introducing eight strategies with language and examples that you can refine to fit your students as you know them -- Accepting responsibility : strategy question 1, who is responsible for one's behavior? -- Who's in charge? : strategy question 2, what is the difference between internal and external control? -- The art of prediction : strategy question 3, why is prediction an important life skill? -- Take time to plan : strategy question 4, what do students need to know about planning? -- Learning from mistakes : strategy question 5, how do students learn that mistakes can be an opportunity for learning? -- Effective communication : strategy question 6, what do students need to know about direct communication, aggressive behavior, and passive aggressive behavior? -- Rules, rules, rules! : strategy question 7, how do students and teachers formulate classroom rules that promote responsibility and respect? -- The classroom as community : strategy question 8, how do students create, recognize, and develop commitment to a classroom community?
• Publisher Details: Thousand Oaks : Corwin
• Publication Date: 2003
• Extent: 1 online resource (112 pages)
• Subjects: 371.5; School discipline; Behavior modification; Life skills -- Study and teaching; Discipline scolaire; Modification du comportement; Habiletés de base -- Étude et enseignement; Behavior modification; Life skills -- Study and teaching; School discipline; Discipline scolaire; Enseignement primaire; Enseignement secondaire; Habileté de base; Modification du comportement; Schüler; Unterrichtsdisziplin; Verhaltensmodifikation; États-Unis; Guide (Descripteur de forme)
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781483366159; 1483366154
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.