Description
Positively influence the behavior of even your most challenging students. In The Tactical Teacher, author Dale Ripley shares a plethora of tactics, ranging from persuasive dialogue to environmental details, proven to improve students' classroom behavior and increase learning. You'll gain powerful, research-based strategies for addressing disruptions, developing productive student-teaching relationships, and motivating students to embrace learning like never before.
- Understand how the experiences of ancient humans still impact student behavior.
- Understand the difference between soft and hard tactics and how to use them effectively.
- Forge positive relationships with even your most challenging or disruptive students.
- Explore the ethics of using specific influence and persuasion strategies in the classroom.
- Help students engage in learning through the tactics portrayed in each chapter.
Contents:
Introduction
Chapter 1: Why Your Students Behave the Way They Do
Chapter 2: Student Behavior Through the Lens of Natural Selection
Chapter 3: Soft Tactics for Helping Your Students Create a Positive Self-Image
Chapter 4: Soft Tactics for Reciprocation
Chapter 5: Soft Tactics for Likeability
Chapter 6: Soft Tactics for the Power of Commitment
Chapter 7: Soft Tactics for Making the Invisible Visible
Chapter 8: Soft Tactics for Empathetic Persuasion of Students' Thinking
Chapter 9: Soft Tactics for Your Classroom's Physical Environment
Chapter 10: Soft Tactics for Motivating Students by Taking Something Away
Chapter 11: Soft Tactics for Persuading Students With the Right Words
Chapter 12: Soft Tactics for Motivating Students Through Rewards
Chapter 13: Soft Tactics for Making a Great First Impression
Chapter 14: Hard Tactics to Use With Extreme Caution
Chapter 15: Soft Tactics for Knowing When to Influence Your Students
Chapter 16: The Ethics of Influence
Chapter 17: How Your Students Subconsciously Motivate You
Epilogue
Appendix
References and Resources
Index
Author: Dale Ripley
Publisher: Solution Tree
Published: 12/31/2021
Pages: 256
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.30lbs
Size: 10.80h x 8.30w x 0.90d
ISBN13: 9781952812590
ISBN10: 1952812593
BISAC Categories:
- Education | Classroom Management
- Education | Educational Psychology
- Education | Essays