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A Comprehensive Guide to Classroom Management: Facilitating engagement and learning in schools Paperback – 28 May 2014
Behaviour management in the classroom can be one of the most challenging aspects of teaching, but with the right approach it can be rewarding and enriching for both student and teacher. A Comprehensive Guide to Classroom Management provides a systematic overview of the major theories and styles of discipline in schools.
Drawing on the latest international research, Porter outlines how teachers can develop a personal style in classroom management based on a sound understanding of theory. The emphasis is on proactive, authoritative approaches to discipline to engage students and facilitate the achievement of educational and social goals. Porter demonstrates how it is within the power of schools and teachers to create the conditions under which even disadvantaged or disenchanted students strive to learn.
A Comprehensive Guide to Classroom Management is the essential handbook for preservice teachers and a valuable reference for more experienced teachers who want to develop their approach to complex behavioural challenges.
- ISBN-101743311745
- ISBN-13978-1743311745
- Edition1st
- PublisherRoutledge
- Publication date28 May 2014
- LanguageEnglish
- Dimensions17.78 x 2.77 x 25.4 cm
- Print length536 pages
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'True to its title, this is an enormously ambitious - indeed, encyclopaedic - resource that makes a compelling, multilayered case for putting respect for children's needs ahead of our urge to control them.' - Alfie Kohn, author of Beyond Discipline and Punished by Rewards
'There is so much to admire and absorb in this impressive and highly readable blend of research, idealism and sound sense - highly recommended for principals, aspiring school leaders and reflective practitioners teaching students with behavioural difficulties.' - Dr Ted Cole, lead editor of The Routledge International Companion to Emotional and Behavioural Difficulties
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'There is so much to admire and absorb in this impressive and highly readable blend of research, idealism and sound sense - highly recommended for principals, aspiring school leaders and reflective practitioners teaching students with behavioural difficulties.' - Dr Ted Cole, lead editor of The Routledge International Companion to Emotional and Behavioural Difficulties
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Louise Porter has over 30 years' experience as a child and clinical psychologist. She is an adjunct senior lecturer in Education at Flinders University and is the author of Gifted Young Children and Teacher-parent collaboration.
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- Publisher : Routledge
- Publication date : 28 May 2014
- Edition : 1st
- Language : English
- Print length : 536 pages
- ISBN-10 : 1743311745
- ISBN-13 : 978-1743311745
- Item weight : 921 g
- Dimensions : 17.78 x 2.77 x 25.4 cm
- Best Sellers Rank: 7,387 in Psychology Textbooks
- 8,986 in Education Theory (Books)
- 40,974 in Psychology & Counseling
About the author

Louise Porter (PhD, MA Hons, MGiftedEd, DipEd, BA, BIntStuds) is an Australian child psychologist with 30 years’ experience in private practice consulting with children, their parents, teachers and other professionals to resolve children’s emotional, social or behavioural issues. Having worked for 10 years in disability and mainstream settings, she then taught for 13 years at University and today conducts professional development and parent information sessions across Australia and the Asia-Pacific region. She has written many books, including 'Children are people too: A parent's guide to young children's behaviour' plus professional titles including 'Young children’s behaviour: Practical approaches for caregivers and teachers', 'Student behaviour: Theory and practice for teachers', 'Gifted young children', and 'Teacher-parent collaboration'. She has produced two DVDs, 'Guiding children's behaviour' and 'Gifted children: Meeting their needs'. She has also written a parenting program (A guidance approach to discipline), for which there is a manual for group leaders and a workbook for participants. For more information about these titles and to download articles concerning children, their behaviour and development, consult her website: www.louiseporter.com.au
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