Teaching With Love and Logic: Taking Control of the Classroom

I was able to use some of these methods with success. There are some methods that I didn't agree with, but overall I have found it useful.

The love and logic approach to behavior challenges and dealing with any children is healthy and builds accountability and independence. It place the responsibility on the child and frees the teacher/parent to watch the child learn how to manage behaviors. It can be empowering to both adults and children. This approach offers adult allowed options to the child so they feel they are more in control of their environment. This approach provides guidance for the adult to choose less inflammatory verbiage and for the child to be responsible for chosen actions. It is not a cure all, but provides helpful tools.

When you go through teacher training, you learn that you need to establish a discipline plan. Usually those plans require the teacher to do all the work. (taking names, recording infractions, doling out punishments) This book tells you how to shift the responsibility of a student's behavior back on the student. Not in a mean way but in a way for the student to grow and learn to take control of his or her behavior.If your plan's not working, give this a try. Even if you have a plan you like, you can learn from this book. 100/100.

One negative with the Kindle version is the book relies on "sidebars" and inserted boxes which just don't seem to translate well on the Kindle, although some of that may be that I haven't fully adapted to that format. The content, however is rich and I find myself reading slowly with breaks so I can absorb the information. There is a good balance of theory and practice, and the theory is actually very logical. Some of the ideas are, of course, not new but are presented in a way that makes them interesting.It's a bit interesting that the sub-title is attractive but at the same time might be considered misleading. One of the major points of the book is the importance of "shared control." As one who firmly subscribes to the theory "the only behavior you can control in a classroom is your own," I found much of the material in Teaching With Love & Logic an excellent fit. Just recently after a challenging day I said to a colleague, "You know, sometimes this psychological stuff just doesn't work." One of the strengths of the techniques described in this book is that while they are psychologically sound, they are also logical.I'd heartily recommend this for anyone who teaches... but not that it's not JUST for classroom teachers. With a little imagination and thought, one can see how many of the techniques could apply in parenting and even many adult situations.

This book is my go-to student teacher gift. I find that a lot of teacher training programs are light on classroom management strategies, so this book can be incredibly helpful for a first-year teacher.

I bought this book thinking it would help me work with students and parents in a "Love and Logic" fashion. However, it's mostly a repackaging of the parenting books (which are mostly a repackaging of each other). Some of the exact parent/child examples are used from the parenting books. There are some great ideas for working with kids and helping them learn logical consequences. However, the suggestions in the book appear to assume that a) Your entire school (particularly administration) will adopt and support "Love and Logic" principles and b) All parents will support "Love and Logic" principles.At one point they suggest if a student does not stay after school as requested that you ask his last period teacher to hold him until you can walk to that classroom and collect the student yourself. In the supposed exchange you then have with the student, the student says something about needing to catch the bus and the teacher replies something like "Don't worry, I talked to your mom and she said she'd come to pick you up and not to worry about the gas she has to use because you can discuss with her later how you will earn the money to pay for it." Newsflash for the authors: Students from homes where the parents expect such accountability are rarely the ones I need to ask to stay after school!I need to know what to do with the young man whose homework is over a month late and even though I accept late work, it's a week past the last possible day for credit for those assignments and he thinks he should still get credit because he "forgot" them in his locker. These kids don't come with "love and logic" parents like those "quoted" in the book. They come with parents who claim that I'm being unreasonable for expecting the "poor hardworking child" to write a letter stating why he thinks I should accept his work when I am no longer accepting the same assignments from other students. (Some tips on how to handle the administrator who backs of the parent & student in this lack of accountability would be great too.)I'm giving 2 stars because there are some good ideas, but overall I would have liked more strategies that could be implemented by a "love and logic" teacher living in a "helicopter" world.

I had used this method for years and just recently began teaching again. Needed a new copy.

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Perfect Thankyou, fast delivery has come in very handy as I'm doing my early years foundation degree.

I am not a fan of 'this is what happened to me' style books but you have to admire the logic, perseverance and success of the approaches described