Promoting civility : a teaching challenge / Steven M. Richardson, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Richardson, Steven McAfee.

Series:

New directions for teaching and learning 0271-0633 ; no. 77.

New directions for teaching and learning, 0271-0633 ; no. 77

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

College teaching.

Classroom environment.

Physical Description:

100 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

San Francisco : Jossey-Bass, [1999]

Summary:

If we take a passive view of classroom behavior, we fail in a crucial part of our role as educators: creating a democratic and effective learning environment for a diverse student body. This timely issue of New Directions for Teaching and Learning offers creative, thoughtful strategies for promoting civil discourse and resolving conflict when it arises--both in the classroom and in the campus community at-large. The authors recommend constructive responses to disruptive classroom behavior and techniques for encouraging open, respectful discussion of sensitive topics. They also explore institutional approaches to alternative dispute resolution that provide students and faculty a safe, nonjudgmental environment for addressing conflicts.

This is the 77th issue of the quarterly journal "New Directions for Teaching and Learning.

Contents:

Incivility in dyadic teaching and learning / Richard G. Tiberius, Edred Flak

Promoting internal civility: understanding our beliefs about teaching and students / Sally L. Kuhlenschmidt

Feelings from the back row: negotiating sensitive issues in large classes / Corly Petersen Brooke

Students behaving badly in large classes / Elisa Carbone

Strategies for dealing with difficult behavior / Sally L. Kuhlenschmidt, Lois E. Layne

After the eruption: managing conflict in the classroom / Susan A. Holton

Faculty responsibility for promoting conflict-free college classrooms / James A. Anderson

Civility, leadership, and the classroom / Steven M. Richardson

The prevention and cure of campus disputes / Richard Hebein.

Notes:

"Spring 1999."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0787942774

OCLC:

41060966