ABSTRACT
This introduction presents an overview of the key concepts discussed in the subsequent chapters of this book. The book focuses on the teacher as the center of the classroom. It addresses the specific issues teachers face and offer problem-solving skills, strategies, and answers. The book also focuses exclusively on problem-solving at the classroom level. It also focuses on the teacher as the indispensable leader for the classroom. The book assists children in building on their understanding of responsive developmentally appropriate practice, showing them how the ideas can work in classroom. It also focuses a lens on practice to promote innovative problem-solving to ensure best practices for all young children. The book reduces children personal stress. The book illustrates ways to promote the development of children’s self-regulatory behaviors and the conflict-management and coping skills necessary to succeed in the social environment of the classroom.
