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Phase I Conceptual Grounding in Discipline
Chapter 1 - Classroom Discipline: The Problems and the Promise
Chapter 2 - Recognizing Your Obligations and Charting the Course Ahead
Phase II Preparing Yourself to Take Charge in the Classroom
Chapter 3 - The Development of Modern Discipline
Chapter 4 - Ron Morrish on Organizing and Presen... MORE
Chapter 5 - Craig Seganti on Taking Charge of the Classroom
Chapter 6 - Harry and Rosemary Wong on the First Things You Should Teach
Phase III Engaging with Your Students and Activating Their Internal Motivation
Chapter 7 - Fred Jones on Keeping Students Willingly Engaged in Learning
Chapter 8 - Marvin Marshall on Fostering Responsible Behavior
Chapter 9 - William Glasser on Releasing the Power of Positive Choice
Chapter 10 - Spencer Kagan on Working on the Same Side with Students
Chapter 11 - Paula Cook on Helping Students Who Exhibit Neurological-Based Behavior
Phase IV Perfecting and Personalizing Your Approach to Discipline
Chapter 12 - Aligning Authoritative Views with the Eight Fundamental Questions in Discipline
Chapter 13 - Striving for Personal Excellence in Discipline
Chapter 14 - Building Your Personalized Approach to Discipline
C. M. Charles, PhD. is Professor Emeritus of Teacher Education, San Diego State University, Honorary Phi Beta Kappa, was a public school teacher from 1953 to 1959, then moved into higher education. He has held positions at the University of New Mexico, Teachers College Columbia University, Pepperdine University, Universidade Federal do Maranhao (Brazil), and of course, San Diego State University. At San Diego State, Charles directed innovative programs in teacher education, and five times received outstanding professor and distinguished teaching awards. He also served on several occasions as advisor in teacher education and curriculum to the governments of Peru and Brazil. Charles has authored or co-authored numerous books, most of them in education, that have attracted wide audiences in the United States and abroad, with translations into several foreign languages. Besides this new edition of Building Classroom Discipline, the texts he’s affiliated with and dealing most directly with school discipline are: Teachers' Petit Piaget (1972); The Synergetic Classroom: Joyful Teaching and Gentle Discipline (2000); Essential Elements of Effective Discipline (2002); Classroom Management for Middle Grades Teachers (2004); Elementary Classroom Management (5th edition 2008); and Today’s Best Classroom Management Strategies: Paths to Positive Discipline (2008), Charles, who resides in California and Australia, is married and has two children, both teachers.