Weblinks for Classroom Management
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Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Theorists' websites
Chapter 1
www.reclaiming.com
Website for Reclaiming Youth International. The home of the Circle of Courage and Response Ability Pathways training.
www.ppc.sas.upenn.edu
Positive psychology resources from the Positive Psychology Centre based at the University of Pennsylvania.
www.search-institute.org
The Search Institute researched young people and came up with forty developmental assets associated with healthy personal development.
www.alfiekohn.org
Alfie Kohn's website has articles that critique approaches to classroom management. This is a good site to be aware of as you begin to reflect on your assumptions and outcomes of education.
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Chapter 2
www.teachnet.com/how-to/manage
A comprehensive site that has management tips and other ideas on creating a caring classroom.
www.teachers.tv
This website is full of advice and film clips of teachers teaching. They have themes that are very helpful and their resources are excellent.
Specific videos include:
www.teachers.tv/video/30035
How can secondary schools teach emotional skills to teenagers? This programme examines two schools' approaches to the subject and uncovers what their pupils think.
www.teachers.tv/video/25762
Jake, who left school at the age of 14 after being excluded from mainstream education, reflects on the complexities of a good working teacher–pupil relationship.
www.teachers.tv/video/2627
The message for class management is clear: interesting activities are vital, and apply the two Rs—rules and relationships.
www.ascd.org
The Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development is an educational leadership organisation dedicated to advancing best practices and policies for the success of each learner. At this site, you will find lots of links to some great organisations, publications and research.
www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2002-04/uom-cml040902.php
Schools that have classrooms where students get along with each other, pay attention, and hand in assignments on time could be a key to reducing teenagers' risk for violence, substance abuse, suicide, and pregnancy, according to new findings from the largest survey ever conducted with adolescents in the United States
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Chapter 3
www.ted.com/talks/martin_seligman_on_the_state_of_psychology.html
Martin Seligman talks about psychology, what makes us happy, and positive interventions and skills of happiness.
www.minniscomms.com.au/educationtoday/articles.php?articleid=148
In 2008, Geelong Grammar introduced Martin Seligman's Positive Education program—this article gives an overview of the program and its implementation.
www.mindmatters.edu.au
MindMatters is a national mental health initiative for secondary schools. MindMatters is a resource and professional development program supporting Australian secondary schools in promoting and protecting the mental health, social and emotional wellbeing of all the members of school communities.
www.wested.org/cs/we/view/u/339
Bonnie Benard's website, with resources, training and professional development in the field of prevention and resilience/youth development theory and policy.
http://resilnet.uiuc.edu/library.html
The ResilienceNet Virtual Library is a collection of publications related to the resilience of children and families in the face of adversity.
www.health.gov.au/internet/main/publishing.nsf/Content/70DA14F816CC7A8FCA25728800104564/$File/young.pdf
Link to the report on the Mental Health of Young People in Australia – the child and adolescent component of the National Survey of Health and Wellbeing conducted in 2000
http://nceph.anu.edu.au/Staff_Students/staff_pages/eckersley_publications.htm
Publications by Richard Eckersley a visiting fellow at the National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health at the Australian National University.
www.scotland.gov.uk/Resource/Doc/149771/0039878.pdf
The Scottish Executive has committed to instituting 'regular major surveys of teachers' and pupils' experiences and perceptions of behaviour and discipline in schools' (Scottish Executive, 2004a). This study represents the first of these surveys.
www.pipelineproject.org.au
The Pipeline Report is a research report looking at the relationship between academic achievement and behaviour. It makes a good point about productive and unproductive behaviours that assist or impede academic progress.
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Chapter 4
www.mdrc.org/publications/419/full.pdf
Akey, T. M. (2006, January). School context, student attitudes and behaviour, and academic achievement: An exploratory analysis.
http://youthviolence.edschool.virginia.edu/pdf/JEA%20Guidelines%20article%202003.pdf
Dewey G. Cornell article on guidelines for responding to student threats of violence from the Curry School of Education, University of Virginia.
www.teachers.tv/video/1416
Behaviour management guru Sue Cowley works with primary school teachers on issues of pupil behaviour, stress and school rules.
www.education-world.com
Suggested activities to involve students in creating classroom rules and fun ideas for getting the year off to a good start.
www.sreb.org/programs/hstw/publications/pubs/02V47_AchievementReview.pdf
'Academic achievement in the middle grades: What does research tell us?' A review of the literature.
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_6929/is_1_35/ai_n28521093/
A phenomenographic investigation of teacher conceptions of student engagement in learning.
www.lessonplanet.com/search?keywords=anticipatory+set&rating=3
Search anticipatory set lesson plans to find teacher-approved lessons by grade and rating.
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Chapter 5
www.tribes.com
Describes Tribes Learning Communities, safe and caring environments in which kids can do well.
www.instructionalintelligence.ca
The focus of instructional intelligence is on enhancing student learning through quality teaching. It is the integration of what we know about how students learn, the curriculum to be learned, instruction, assessment, personal change and systemic change.
www.kaganonline.com
Dr. Kagan created simple 'structures' that allow teachers to guide the interaction of students. Kagan's structures not only lead to greater cooperativeness; they have proven positive results in many areas, including greater academic achievement, improved ethnic relations, enhanced selfesteem, harmonious classroom climate and the development of social skills and character virtues.
www.co-operation.org
The Cooperative Learning Center is a Research and Training Center focusing on how students should interact with each other as they learn and the skills needed to interact effectively.
http://olc.spsd.sk.ca/DE/PD/instr
Instructional strategies determine the approach a teacher may take to achieve learning objectives. The site includes five categories of instructional strategies and explains these categories.
www.humboldt.edu/~tha1/hunter-eei.html
Outlines what is generally referred to at the Madeline Hunter Method with an explanation of the meaning of the terms and a fuller development of the Hunter method.
http://tonyl.files.wordpress.com/2006/06/Noble%20MI%20tool.pdf
'Integrating the Revised Bloom's Taxonomy with Multiple Intelligences: A Planning Tool for Curriculum Differentiation.'
www.educationoasis.com/resources/Articles/working_with_parents.htm
Working with parents – advice from teachers.
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Chapter 6
http://education.qld.gov.au/studentservices/behaviour
The Queensland Education Department Behaviour Management policy.
www.det.nsw.edu.au/proflearn/areas/nt/resources/bm01.htm
Some practical strategies and resources to assist teachers with classroom behaviour from the NSW Education Department.
www.behaviorassociates.org
Effective Professional Development Resources for educators designed to teach and manage students who display the full range of problem behaviour, from Dr G Colvin.
www.whatworks.edu.au
Professional action materials for improving outcomes for Indigenous students.
www.aare.edu.au/04pap/fie04560.pdf
Productive pedagogies and discipline; the challenge of aligning teaching and behaviour management.
back to top
Chapter 7
www.suite101.com/reference/classroom_management_plan
This site features a collection of articles related to creating a classroom management plan.
www.prodait.org/teaching/critical_teaching
This site looks at reflective teaching—what it is, and how we reflect on out teaching, starting with our beliefs and assumptions.
www.brains.org/classroom_management.htm
Gene Van Tassell takes a general look at brain research and classroom management.
www.humboldt.edu/~tha1/discip-options.html
This site by Thomas H. Allen gives instruction on developing a discipline plan.
www.nwrel.org/archive/sirs/5/cu9.html
An article 'Schoolwide and Classroom Discipline' by Kathleen Cotton, part of the School Improvement Research Series.
www.plsweb.com/resources/newsletters/enews_archives/40/2005/01/06
This site provides information on how to implement a proactive approach to classroom management and prevent discipline problems.
www.nasponline.org/educators/HCHSII_PreventiveStrategies.pdf
This document deals with preventive strategies in comprehensive classroom management.
back to top
Theorists' websites
www.kidsareworthit.com
Barbara Coloroso's site
www.tlc-sems.com
Richard Curwin and Allen Mendler's site
www.fredjones.com
Frederic Jones's site
www.MarvinMarshall.com
www.disciplinewithoutstress.com
Marvin Marshall's sites
www.realdiscipline.com
Ronald Morrish's site
www.effectiveteaching.com
Harry and Rosemary Wong's site
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back to Student Resources
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Theorists' websites
Chapter 1
www.reclaiming.com
Website for Reclaiming Youth International. The home of the Circle of Courage and Response Ability Pathways training.
www.ppc.sas.upenn.edu
Positive psychology resources from the Positive Psychology Centre based at the University of Pennsylvania.
www.search-institute.org
The Search Institute researched young people and came up with forty developmental assets associated with healthy personal development.
www.alfiekohn.org
Alfie Kohn's website has articles that critique approaches to classroom management. This is a good site to be aware of as you begin to reflect on your assumptions and outcomes of education.
back to top
Chapter 2
www.teachnet.com/how-to/manage
A comprehensive site that has management tips and other ideas on creating a caring classroom.
www.teachers.tv
This website is full of advice and film clips of teachers teaching. They have themes that are very helpful and their resources are excellent.
Specific videos include:
www.teachers.tv/video/30035
How can secondary schools teach emotional skills to teenagers? This programme examines two schools' approaches to the subject and uncovers what their pupils think.
www.teachers.tv/video/25762
Jake, who left school at the age of 14 after being excluded from mainstream education, reflects on the complexities of a good working teacher–pupil relationship.
www.teachers.tv/video/2627
The message for class management is clear: interesting activities are vital, and apply the two Rs—rules and relationships.
www.ascd.org
The Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development is an educational leadership organisation dedicated to advancing best practices and policies for the success of each learner. At this site, you will find lots of links to some great organisations, publications and research.
www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2002-04/uom-cml040902.php
Schools that have classrooms where students get along with each other, pay attention, and hand in assignments on time could be a key to reducing teenagers' risk for violence, substance abuse, suicide, and pregnancy, according to new findings from the largest survey ever conducted with adolescents in the United States
back to top
Chapter 3
www.ted.com/talks/martin_seligman_on_the_state_of_psychology.html
Martin Seligman talks about psychology, what makes us happy, and positive interventions and skills of happiness.
www.minniscomms.com.au/educationtoday/articles.php?articleid=148
In 2008, Geelong Grammar introduced Martin Seligman's Positive Education program—this article gives an overview of the program and its implementation.
www.mindmatters.edu.au
MindMatters is a national mental health initiative for secondary schools. MindMatters is a resource and professional development program supporting Australian secondary schools in promoting and protecting the mental health, social and emotional wellbeing of all the members of school communities.
www.wested.org/cs/we/view/u/339
Bonnie Benard's website, with resources, training and professional development in the field of prevention and resilience/youth development theory and policy.
http://resilnet.uiuc.edu/library.html
The ResilienceNet Virtual Library is a collection of publications related to the resilience of children and families in the face of adversity.
www.health.gov.au/internet/main/publishing.nsf/Content/70DA14F816CC7A8FCA25728800104564/$File/young.pdf
Link to the report on the Mental Health of Young People in Australia – the child and adolescent component of the National Survey of Health and Wellbeing conducted in 2000
http://nceph.anu.edu.au/Staff_Students/staff_pages/eckersley_publications.htm
Publications by Richard Eckersley a visiting fellow at the National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health at the Australian National University.
www.scotland.gov.uk/Resource/Doc/149771/0039878.pdf
The Scottish Executive has committed to instituting 'regular major surveys of teachers' and pupils' experiences and perceptions of behaviour and discipline in schools' (Scottish Executive, 2004a). This study represents the first of these surveys.
www.pipelineproject.org.au
The Pipeline Report is a research report looking at the relationship between academic achievement and behaviour. It makes a good point about productive and unproductive behaviours that assist or impede academic progress.
back to top
Chapter 4
www.mdrc.org/publications/419/full.pdf
Akey, T. M. (2006, January). School context, student attitudes and behaviour, and academic achievement: An exploratory analysis.
http://youthviolence.edschool.virginia.edu/pdf/JEA%20Guidelines%20article%202003.pdf
Dewey G. Cornell article on guidelines for responding to student threats of violence from the Curry School of Education, University of Virginia.
www.teachers.tv/video/1416
Behaviour management guru Sue Cowley works with primary school teachers on issues of pupil behaviour, stress and school rules.
www.education-world.com
Suggested activities to involve students in creating classroom rules and fun ideas for getting the year off to a good start.
www.sreb.org/programs/hstw/publications/pubs/02V47_AchievementReview.pdf
'Academic achievement in the middle grades: What does research tell us?' A review of the literature.
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_6929/is_1_35/ai_n28521093/
A phenomenographic investigation of teacher conceptions of student engagement in learning.
www.lessonplanet.com/search?keywords=anticipatory+set&rating=3
Search anticipatory set lesson plans to find teacher-approved lessons by grade and rating.
back to top
Chapter 5
www.tribes.com
Describes Tribes Learning Communities, safe and caring environments in which kids can do well.
www.instructionalintelligence.ca
The focus of instructional intelligence is on enhancing student learning through quality teaching. It is the integration of what we know about how students learn, the curriculum to be learned, instruction, assessment, personal change and systemic change.
www.kaganonline.com
Dr. Kagan created simple 'structures' that allow teachers to guide the interaction of students. Kagan's structures not only lead to greater cooperativeness; they have proven positive results in many areas, including greater academic achievement, improved ethnic relations, enhanced selfesteem, harmonious classroom climate and the development of social skills and character virtues.
www.co-operation.org
The Cooperative Learning Center is a Research and Training Center focusing on how students should interact with each other as they learn and the skills needed to interact effectively.
http://olc.spsd.sk.ca/DE/PD/instr
Instructional strategies determine the approach a teacher may take to achieve learning objectives. The site includes five categories of instructional strategies and explains these categories.
www.humboldt.edu/~tha1/hunter-eei.html
Outlines what is generally referred to at the Madeline Hunter Method with an explanation of the meaning of the terms and a fuller development of the Hunter method.
http://tonyl.files.wordpress.com/2006/06/Noble%20MI%20tool.pdf
'Integrating the Revised Bloom's Taxonomy with Multiple Intelligences: A Planning Tool for Curriculum Differentiation.'
www.educationoasis.com/resources/Articles/working_with_parents.htm
Working with parents – advice from teachers.
back to top
Chapter 6
http://education.qld.gov.au/studentservices/behaviour
The Queensland Education Department Behaviour Management policy.
www.det.nsw.edu.au/proflearn/areas/nt/resources/bm01.htm
Some practical strategies and resources to assist teachers with classroom behaviour from the NSW Education Department.
www.behaviorassociates.org
Effective Professional Development Resources for educators designed to teach and manage students who display the full range of problem behaviour, from Dr G Colvin.
www.whatworks.edu.au
Professional action materials for improving outcomes for Indigenous students.
www.aare.edu.au/04pap/fie04560.pdf
Productive pedagogies and discipline; the challenge of aligning teaching and behaviour management.
back to top
Chapter 7
www.suite101.com/reference/classroom_management_plan
This site features a collection of articles related to creating a classroom management plan.
www.prodait.org/teaching/critical_teaching
This site looks at reflective teaching—what it is, and how we reflect on out teaching, starting with our beliefs and assumptions.
www.brains.org/classroom_management.htm
Gene Van Tassell takes a general look at brain research and classroom management.
www.humboldt.edu/~tha1/discip-options.html
This site by Thomas H. Allen gives instruction on developing a discipline plan.
www.nwrel.org/archive/sirs/5/cu9.html
An article 'Schoolwide and Classroom Discipline' by Kathleen Cotton, part of the School Improvement Research Series.
www.plsweb.com/resources/newsletters/enews_archives/40/2005/01/06
This site provides information on how to implement a proactive approach to classroom management and prevent discipline problems.
www.nasponline.org/educators/HCHSII_PreventiveStrategies.pdf
This document deals with preventive strategies in comprehensive classroom management.
back to top
Theorists' websites
www.kidsareworthit.com
Barbara Coloroso's site
www.tlc-sems.com
Richard Curwin and Allen Mendler's site
www.fredjones.com
Frederic Jones's site
www.MarvinMarshall.com
www.disciplinewithoutstress.com
Marvin Marshall's sites
www.realdiscipline.com
Ronald Morrish's site
www.effectiveteaching.com
Harry and Rosemary Wong's site
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