Instructs educators to create positive learning environments that prevent discipline problems from occurring. Explains why classroom management approaches that rely on rewards and punishments actually prolong behavior problems; how to turn misbehavior into teaching opportunities; and why changing curriculum can solve discipline problems.
Content Note
The nature of children -- Blaming the kids -- Bribes and threats -- Punishment lite : "consequences" and pseudochoice -- How not to get control of the classroom -- A classroom of their choosing -- The classroom as community -- Solving problems together.