Resistant students : reach me before you teach me /
Skvorak, Mary,1940-
This book 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. Most importantly, each chapter satisfies the intentional design of the book, to offer situational examples and dialog that clearly shows how building trusting relationships can happen and how making positive personal connections with students might actually look. Practicing teachers, pre-service teachers, teacher educators, professional development staff and school administrators who represent the field of education as caring professionals will benefit from this book.
Includes bibliographical references.
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.  -- 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.  -- Do Battles Win Wars?  Recognize conflict as opportunity ; Capitalize on developmental challenges ; Prevent unnecessary power struggles ; Points to remember.  -- 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.  -- The Amazing Maze: Punishment, Consequences, and Responsibility. Punishment and motivation -- Consequences are natural effects ; Responsibility Is a five-letter word -- Points to remember.  -- 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 remember.  -- 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.  -- Three Rs, Don't Leave Home Without Them ; Resilient resisters ; Resistance vs. culture clash -- Recipe for relating to a resistant student ; Points to remember.
This book 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. Most importantly, each chapter satisfies the intentional design of the book, to offer situational examples and dialog that clearly shows how building trusting relationships can happen and how making positive personal connections with students might actually look. Practicing teachers, pre-service teachers, teacher educators, professional development staff and school administrators who represent the field of education as caring professionals will benefit from this book.
Problem children
Motivation in education.