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Taylor and Francis Ltd Peer Relationships in Classroom Management 1st Edition 2022 Softbound by Jones, Martin H.
Peer Relationships in Classroom Management offers pragmatic, empirically validated guidance to teachers in training on issues pertaining to students' interpersonal relationships. Concepts such as bullying, popularity, and online friendships are ubiquitous in today's schools, but what kinds of scientific and pedagogical knowledge can support teachers navigating students' complex lives? Using real-world examples and case studies, this book helps preservice educators to enhance their knowledge of classroom management by focusing on the interpersonal relationships in their schools. Each chapter includes an accessible approach to understanding the social motives in student's peer interactions inside school, and how to best intervene when these social interactions become detrimental to learning or cause negative interpersonal interactions._x000D_ _x000D_
Part I: Introduction 1. Overview: What are peer relationships in school? 2. Are peer relationships in classrooms helpful? Hurtful? How? Part II: Friendships 3. What happens when friends fight? 4. Do friendships change as students get older? 5. Can teachers affect friendships? 6. How do we support the peer acceptance of children with disabilities? 7. Should gifted students be friends with non-gifted students? 8. Can friends help motivate each other to do well? 9. How do new students make friends? Part III: Aggression, Popularity, and Bullying 10. Can friends also be foes? 11. Why do students bully? 12. What happens to popular kids? 13. Why do students become popular? 14. Does social media make it worse? Part IV: Conclusion 15. Concluding comments: Where do we go from here?_x000D_