Fred Jones' Tools for Teaching: Discipline - Instruction - Motivation FROM THE PUBLISHER
Tools for Teaching is a training program between two covers. It describes
the skills of classroom management in practical, down-to-earth terms that
makes sense to practicing teachers. It walks you through skill performance
so clearly that you can practice with a colleague by reading out loud from
the book. Tools for Teaching deals with the entire range of management
situations that define the life of a teacher in the classroom - kids who
disrupt, kids who sit helplessly with their hands raised, kids who say, "I'm
not doing this." More importantly, the book focuses on prevention using
lessons learned from highly effective teachers. These "natural' teachers do
not work themselves to death. They do not become burned out. Tools for
Teaching brings the skills of our most gifted colleagues to light so that
they can be understood and mastered by all.
One of the most common questions that I am asked after a workshop is, "Where
were you twenty years ago?" Another common question is, "Why don't they
teach us this stuff in college?" The skills described in Tools for Teaching
are literally the tools of the profession - your job description. The
language, illustrations and format make "Tools" easily accessible. And, the
heavy paper and sewn binding ensure that the book with hold up to years of
hard use.
SYNOPSIS
In Tools for Teaching, Dr. Jones describes the skills by which exceptional
teachers make the classroom a place of success and enjoyment for both
themselves and their students. Tools for Teaching integrates the management
of discipline, instruction and motivation into a system that allows you to
reduce the stress of teaching by preventing most management headaches. Dr.
Jones helps you reduce student disruptions, backtalk, helpless handraising
and dawdling while helping you increase responsible behavior, motivation and
independent learning. These skills are made accessable by practical,
down-to-earth language and many examples and illustrations that provide the
next best thing to attending one of Dr. Jones' workshops.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Dr. Jones was trained as a clinical psychologist and studied the
socialization of children while serving on the faculties of both UCLA and
the University of Rochester. In addition to training graduate students to do
family therapy, Dr. Jones worked extensively in educational settings to help
students with severe emotional and behavioral problems. Dr. Jones spent the
past three decades working in classrooms to discover how exceptional
teachers produce happy and productive classrooms no matter what students
they are given. This work resulted in a revolutionary system of classroom
management described in Dr. Jones' first two books, Positive Classroom
Discipline and Positive Classroom Instruction. Dr. Jones most recent book,
Tools for Teaching, offers an updated description of classroom management
enriched by two decades of teacher training.
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