"This book is written to be an engaging and interactive text forcing teacher candidates to reflect, apply, create and question what they would do in a variety of situations"--

"In this groundbreaking book, Eric Toshalis explores student resistance through a variety of perspectives, arguing that oppositional behaviors can be not only instructive but productive. All too often treated as a matter of compliance, student resistance can also be understood as a form of engagement, as young people confront and negotiate new identities in the classroom environment. The focus of teachers' efforts, Toshalis says, should not be about...

Breaks the silence on modes of classroom control and discipline in public school, looking at the issue through democratic, moral, and political perspectives. Teachers and scholars in various fields analyze classroom relationships in terms of ethical and political considerations, arguing that current behaviorist and "teacher tricks" approaches to classroom control fundamentally contradict expectations of moral development and democratic ends. They...

"On Monday afternoon, five students at Bayview High walk into detention. Bronwyn, the brain, is Yale-bound and never breaks a rule. Addy, the beauty, is the picture-perfect homecoming princess. Nate, the criminal, is already on probation for dealing. Cooper, the athlete, is the all-star baseball pitcher. And Simon, the outcast, is the creator of Bayview High's notorious gossip app. Only, Simon never makes it out of that classroom. Before the end of...

Bad For You presents facts, figures and more to debunk myths about things throughout history, such as comic books, video games, and texting, that have been deemed to cause bad behavior and psychological damage in children.