Handling Student Frustrations: How do I help students manage emotions in the classroom? (ASCD Arias), May/2014
| Author(s) | Renate Caine, Carol McClintic |
| ISBN10 | 1416619135 |
| ISBN13 | 9781416619130 |
| Format | Paperback |
| Pages | 48 |
| Year Publish | 2014 May |
Synopsis
When students' frustrations erupt in the classroom, this short-read publication helps you respond in a way that results in better relationships with your students and higher levels of student motivation and achievement. Explore a three-step method that ensures your interventions always
- Encourage students to acknowledge emotions—their own and others'.
- Help students clarify what is actually taking place and how they can respond.
- Motivate students to implement solutions that successfully address emotional challenges.
Learn what happens in students’ brains when they have emotional flare-ups. And know which intervention strategies will result in a more peaceful, respectful, and productive learning environment. Lots of grade-appropriate examples are included so you always know what to do.
About The Authors:
Renate Caine has taught middle school in Reno, Nevada, and high school in New Orleans, Louisiana, and helped to establish a small charter school in her local community. She received her Ph.D. from the University of Florida, where her dissertation revealed that teachers' use of "I" messages and active-listening strategies in the classroom positively affected students' self-concepts and attitude toward school and teachers after only six months of use. She recently retired from 20 years as a college professor and is currently the executive director of the Natural Learning Research Institute. She is the coauthor of the original ASCD publication Making Connections: Teaching and the Human Brain and nine others. By employing many of the strategies in this publication over the years, Renate eliminated almost all discipline problems, and her students have won awards for their high academic achievement. She can be reached at renate@nlri.org.
Carol McClintic taught for 35 years in the public education system, from preschool to university extension classes. She received her Bachelor of Science degree from South Dakota State University and her Master of Arts degree from California State University, San Bernardino (CSUSB). She was part of her District Leadership Team and conducted many workshops for the district and for the University of California, Riverside; the University of California, Los Angeles; and CSUSB on topics such as conflict resolution. As an elementary and middle school teacher, she initiated use of the APA method discussed in these pages and saw immediate results: not only did her students' discipline problems disappear, but her students also developed valuable skills in managing their emotions and handling social situations.
She began working with Renate and Geoffrey Caine in 1992 with a five-year restructuring grant for a new middle school and was a senior associate with Caine Learning. Presently she is the director of programs for educators and independent learning for the Natural Learning Research Institute as well as the secretary/treasurer for the NLRI Board of Directors. She can be reached at info@nlri.org.
