[.uk] Building Classroom Discipline (9th Edition) (ISBN 0205510728)

Look Elsewhere for "How-to's":
Building Classroom Discipline is a practical book for a college classroom; however, for the teacher looking for a "how-to" book, there are other books that are better. BCD is wonderful for learning about different theories or studies on discipline, but it doesn't get to the practical stuff until the end of the book. Therefore, if you are looking for a book full of "how-to's", read something else.

Packed with Good Ideas:
Eighth Edition. From beginning to end, this book is loaded with practical techniques for improving classroom behavior. The heart of the book summarizes the discipline approaches of a range of theorists, from pioneering models like Skinner, Kounin, and Dreikers to more sophisticated approaches including the Canters' Assertive Discipline, Glasser's noncoercive discipline, and Curwin and Mendler's Discipline with Dignity. The range of pedagogies corresponds to the diversity of pedagogies, districts, and students. Each theorist is covered clearly and briefly. The concerns, rationales, and assumptions of each theorist are summarized, enabling educators to understand the theories underlying current practices. The techniques of each theorist are also summarized, so that educators may glean the best from each theorist. Each chapter has questions, activities, and sample cases for the reader to apply and synthesize the contents of the lesson. An early and a late chapter specifically address the construction of a personal system of discipline. The chapter on "Working Effectively with All Students" provides tips on how teachers can work with students with special needs or from specific ethnic groups. I found this book to be an excellent resource for my own teaching. It also helps me to understand the discipline methods of other teachers or specific districts.

Good Source:
I recieved the book on time and it was in brand new condition.

Building Classroom Discipline:
I purchased this book to go along with a Behavior Management Class that I was taking. As this was the third class I have taken in my college career going toward my Master's Degree in Elementary Education. I would highly recommend this book it provides several different models for you to review and as long as you remember that you can always that you don't have to agree with everyone you should be fine. There are several different models that I personally would take piecese of to use in my own class but I will refer back to the book as my classroom needs change just incase I have overlooked something or forgotten something.

Good introductory guide for beginning teachers:
This book was a required textbook for a teaching class. It covers general information about discipline theories, including traditional and modern experts. The author is extremely preferential to the modern theories. But this book is only a guide on your journey to determining your own personal style of classroom discipline.