ABSTRACT
This book argues that democratic classroom management is not a stand-alone issue but is deeply intertwined with classroom climate and requires a thoughtful, grounded understanding of classroom authority. Contributors explore the sources, nature, and extent of teacher authority, as they distinguish authority from authoritarianism, and describe how classroom authority is ultimately a shared endeavor between teachers and students. By drawing on a variety of contexts and perspectives, chapters in this volume contend with the complexities inherent in classroom authority through the lenses of gender, urban versus rural contexts, and within elementary and secondary classrooms.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part 1|71 pages
Gaining Classroom Authority Introduction
chapter 7|10 pages
Invitational Theory
part 2|49 pages
Authorizing Students
part 3|54 pages
Teacher Authority and Diversity
part 4|64 pages
Narratives From the Field and Special Situations