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Zusatztext Dr. Marjorie Schieiring's Preventing School Violence: Guidelines for Teaching Civility and School Harmony! is a complete! and well-documented treatise on what teachers can do in the face of the epidemic of school violence that grips our nation. The book is probably the most comprehensive manual on school violence prevention workshops that has ever been written! but it is far more than that. Schiering's secret is that civility is more than something we teach; it is who we must become. This well constructed work will quietly strike at the heart of the reader! infusing hope on every page. The book's message is that the secret to stemming school violence calls for a revolution in how we treat each other! not just in classrooms! but in life. Informationen zum Autor Marjorie S. Schiering has devoted her career as an educator to developing teacher's and learner's comprehension of self- efficacy through experiential learning, which focuses on conversing "with" self- and others, by addressing her Model for Academic and Social Cognition She continually addresses sharing the Cognitive Collective (Reciprocal Thinking and Feelings) to establish and maintain a viable, safe, positive and congenial classroom community where there is teaching of thinking. Klappentext This book provides the reader with profound scenarios, approaches and strategies to promote civility and encourage school harmony. Zusammenfassung This book provides the reader with profound scenarios, approaches and strategies to promote civility and encourage school harmony. Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword Preface Acknowledgments Introduction PART ONE: The Start: The Foundation for Teaching Civility: Discussion-based Instruction Then and Now: School Violence and CivilityPresent-Day Realities: School Violence and Teaching CivilityYou Knowing You + Beliefs, Values, Thinking and FeelingsUnpolluting the Mind + A Negative Versus Positive Teaching Style One RuleSome Things Don't Change: What Everyone NeedsSaving the SchoolsDignity for All + A Teaching and Learning ModelTalking "At" or "To" when "With" is Needed: Teaching Civility Presenter Guidelines PART TWO: The Continuance: The"How-To"of Teaching Civility with Activities Teaching Civility Activities: Getting Acquainted, Role-play and Heart Making Connections: Building Classroom Community: Matt and Maddy SchieringTeaching Civility Today: The Way It Is Persons of Good CharacterCauses of School Misbehavior/Violence/AggressionStress Stands AloneYou Are Enough PART THREE: The Ongoing and Closing 17. Awareness, Acceptance, and Acknowledging Character and Civility: Author's Interview Drew Bogner, Ph.D. 18. Within an Era of Bullying: Our Building a Culture of Acceptance Amy Meyers, Ph. D. 19. Think, Say and Do: Three Contributions Tim Ryley, Angela Sullivan, Ed.D., Mariola Krol 20. Teaching What We've Learned...
