Resistant students : reach me before you teach me / Mary Skvorak.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Skvorak, Mary, 1940-

Contributor:

Bloomsbury (Firm), publisher.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Problem children--Education.

Problem children.

Motivation in education.

Genre:

Academic theses.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (139 p.)

Distribution:

New York : Bloomsbury Publishing(US), 2013.

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Maryland : Rowman and Littlefield Education, [2013]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

<span><span><span style=""font-style:italic;"">Resistant Learners: Reach Me Before You Teach Me</span><span> focuses on those students whose behavior limits their learning and challenges their teachers while perhaps interrupting the learning cycle of their peers. Each chapter explains the theoretical and research background for each topic. </span></span></span>

Contents:

Contents; Preface; Introduction; Chapter 1: If Houses Are Built upon Sand . . .; Foundations for Secure Relationships; Positive and Negative Aspects of Resistance; Five Ways to Reframe Negative Situations into Positive Opportunities; Points to Remember; Notes; Chapter 2: Self-Talk Is Like a Message in a Bottle; What is Self-talk?; The Impact Personal Self-talk Has on Students; Counteract Students' Negative Self-talk-Five Examples; Points to Remember; Notes; Chapter 3: Do Battles Win Wars?; Recognize Conflict as Opportunity; Capitalize on Developmental Challenges

Prevent Unnecessary Power StrugglesPoints to Remember; Notes; Chapter 4: This Fire Needs Water!; Anger Management in the Classroom; Minimize Angry Feelings in School; Teaching Pro-social Skills that Empower Students to Self-manage; Points to Remember; Notes; Chapter 5: The Amazing Maze; Punishment and Motivation; Consequences Are Natural Effects; Responsibility Is a Five-Letter Word; Points to Remember; Notes; Chapter 6: Would You Read this Chapter for a Reward?; Reinforcement Revisited; Positive Reinforcement Should Safeguard Self-management; Ways to Use Rewards to Reinforce Relationships

Points to RememberNotes; Chapter 7: Knowing Me, Knowing You-It's the Right Thing to Do; Multiple Intelligences: Gifts, Talents, Special Interests, and Ways of Thinking; Learning Styles: Preferences Affect Learning Behaviors; Resistant Learners or Resistant Teachers?; Points to Remember; Notes; Chapter 8: Three Rs-Don't Leave Home Without Them; Resilient Resisters; Resistance vs. Culture Clash; Recipe for Relating to a Resistant Student; Points to Remember; Notes; References; About the Author

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

Print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.

ISBN:

979-82-16-42221-1

1-283-69611-8

1-61048-910-1

OCLC:

854969174