Whistle Stopper - Teaching With Love and Logic: Taking Control of the Classroom

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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 371
EAN: 9780944634486
ISBN: 0944634486
Label: Love & Logic Press
Manufacturer: Love & Logic Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 399
Publication Date: 1995-03-01
Publisher: Love & Logic Press
Studio: Love & Logic Press

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Summary: Great for beginning teachers!
Comment: This book is an excellent resource for newbie teachers looking to improve their classroom management/student performance skills. The book is easy to follow and gives great examples. I have also taken a class on the skills discussed in this book, but for the money I think the book is all you need. Highly recommended.

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Summary: A wealth of ideas
Comment: I haven't finished reading this book and I already have a ton of new ideas. The premise is that you establish a relationship with your students where they can choose for themselves how to behave properly in the classroom. We must be fair with our consequences, hearty in praise, and rather than making demands, we must teach students to make good decisions. They won't have someone to make demands of them their whole lives. Highly recommend it, especially for nervous soon-to-be teachers.

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Summary: Love and logic works-for sometimes
Comment: Like all educational theories this book is another way for teachers to do classroom management. It does and can work, but it can be a bit harsh toward some students if followed exactly. I would recommend reading it but with an eye toward integrating the ideas that seem "logical" to you and your individual classroom situation.

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Summary: Manipluation in disguise
Comment: This book is entirely about how to manipulate and control your students without them realizing it. The book doesn't seem to address getting to the root of the problem or listening to students. The only this mentioned was how to get students to do what is expected. The first pages tell of a principal who ignores a student until he confesses to having stolen from a teacher. The student just asks to apologize for the deed, but no one ever bothers to find out why he did it in the first place. Another suggestion for showing "empathy" was that a father told his daughter that she must feel horrible getting such horrible grades and that he couldn't possibly make her feel worse by pointing out she was failing. Then he told her that she would end up repeating school, but hopefully her friends wouldn't "dump" her because she was behind them. First of all this is not empathy, empathy is being able to understand what someone is going through. This involves having felt the same way. The father obviously hadn't and used his mock empathy to make her feel stupid and worse than she already did. He never got to the root of the problem, why her grades are bad, and she lost trust in him as well. What good did this do. If she gets better grades, why is she doing it, so she will be smarter, to show her father, or to stay with her friends. What if they needed to move away and she no longer had these friends anyway. What would be her motivation to get better grades then.
Everything in this book was about finding ways to control and manipulate your classroom. The punishments were not logical and I believe the authors are confusing control with love, or at least with conditional love. I am appalled and want to return this book, what a waste of time and money.

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Summary: My daughter was raised on this program
Comment: I came in contact with "Love & Logic" when my daughter was around 7. Many friends had heard about this and were talking about the tapes, and passing them around. I hesitated, as I didn't want to listen to long boring speeches about the degradation of youth. My friend said I was in for a treat. Jim Fay is a gifted speaker, he explains, tells, sympathizes, and TEACHES with a great sense of humor! I love listening to him. When he came to our town we didn't hesitate to pay to hear more about how to help our children learn about the "real world" and how not to punish ourselves at the same time! You actually learn how to discipline children, ( even grown children who come back into your life and home) with dignity and respect. As with any program it's not magic, I've seen friends of mine read and read BUT NEVER APPLY what they learned, like LETTING A CHILD ACTUALLY SUFFER THE CONSEQUENCES OF HIS ACTIONS!!!! WOW doesn't that sound like LOGIC? There are many gems in each book, tape, and I recommed them all in every aspect of life. It works, my daughter is balanced, married, and we never suffered outright rebellion, or the "teenage disasters" so common today. Children need structure and this is a great basis.

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Available for the first time in paperback.

Teachers often find themselves facing a variety of classroom situations never covered in initial training. This valuable resource helps teachers increase skills, enhance professional development and maximize classroom learning time.

Discover why Love and Logic works in the school environment and understand the psychological reasons for its effectiveness.

Jim Fay and David Funk's truly positive approach and time-tested ideas and strategies will empower teachers to effectively manage classroom dynamics while bringing the joy back to teaching.