Managing 21st Century Classrooms: How Do I Avoid Ineffective Classroom Management Practices? (ASCD Arias)

Classroom management may be the hardest part of being a teacher: fraught with power struggles it often leaves teachers feeling stressed and drained and students feeling mutinous or powerless. Most familiar classroom management practices reflect a dissonance between the rapid pace of change in our culture and the decades-old instruction and management techniques that still form the foundation of our educational system.. According to award-winning author and classroom management expert Jane Bluestein its long past time for our strategies to catch up to the kids were teaching. In Managing 21st Century Classrooms she:Identifies seven of the most prevalent classroom management misconceptions.Discusses the tried-but-not-so-true practices that result from them.Offers positive research-based alternatives that take into account how students learn today.. This timely practical publication which is perfect for novice and veteran teachers alike also includes a quick-reference chart contrasting ineffective destructive approaches with effective proactive strategies.