Health Class Management – Motivation, Communication, and Discipline (Wanwan Education)

Author: (USA) Raymond M. Nakamura Wang Jianping
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Publish Date: 2002-08-01
Features: This book provides teachers with strategies and techniques for the classroom and management. The classroom management methods proposed by Nakamura are not only practical but also very innovative. His outstanding point lies in his focus on diversity. Nakamura's healthy classroom management strategies are: to foster healthy motivation, healthy communication, and healthy disciplinary management based on mutual honesty, respect, and trust. If readers can carefully appreciate the essence of these strategies and effectively apply them to their own practice, then creating a healthy classroom will no longer be an unattainable dream. The strategies and techniques provided in this book aim to help teachers discover the potential of each child, enabling them to fully express themselves in the classroom, while also promoting teachers' understanding and support of children's emotional and social needs. Additionally, this book offers guidance on how to help preschool and primary school students develop present-mindedness, social skills, as well as self-discipline and independence. Healthy Classroom Management is divided into three parts: Part 1: The Foundation of a Healthy Classroom, with three chapters, focuses on the foundation of student health, the teacher's leading role both inside and outside the classroom, and the theoretical basis of the classroom management strategies discussed in this book. Part 2: Motivating Students in a Healthy Classroom, with three chapters, focuses on students' needs, which are proposed based on research into students' self-esteem, resilience, and endurance, as well as humanistic psychology theory. Part 3: Communication in a Healthy Classroom, with two chapters, focuses on how teachers can establish positive and harmonious interpersonal relationships with students through healthy communication. To achieve this, it is not only about the teacher's ability to communicate thoughts and feelings effectively but also about their mastery of the art of listening.