Connecting with Students

by Allen N. Mendler

Book Overview

How many teachers take the time to connect with students on a personal level? How do you find the time, anyway? Teachers who manage to transcend the normal student-teacher relationships can benefit everyone in school--particularly the "challenging" students--and, along the way, prevent school violence, support school safety, improve school climate, and promote learning. In a time of an increasingly rigid "zero tolerance" of the slightest hint of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0871205734
• ISBN13: 9780871205735
• Release Date: November 2001
• Publisher: ASCD
• Length: 95 Pages
• Weight: 2.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.3" x 8.1"

Customer Reviews

A Hands-on Book for Connecting With Students

This book shows you ways to connect with your students in practical and meaningful ways. Connecting isn't a money issue, but is about using proven methods to connect with at-risk students--whoever and wherever you are. Mendler's other excellent books include Discipline with Dignity and As Tough As Necessary. For problem solving behavioral issues you can't beat Dr. Mendler's ideas.

Dozens of positive, effective strategies

A vital element of successful classroom instruction is the establishment of rapport between the teacher and the students. This is a key to effective classroom discipline and the creation of a good learning environment. In Connecting With Studnets, educator Allen Mendler outlines dozens of positive, effective strategies for engendering good teacher student relations through personal, academic, and social connections that apply at any level, preschool through university. Connecting With Students is strongly recommended reading for anyone aspiring to enter the teaching profession or currently working in a public or private school setting, as well as being an indispensable, invaluable addition to academic and teacher training reference collections and reading lists.