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The authors draw on their experiences as a developmental psychologist and as a teacher educator to provide ways for teachers to create positive child-teacher relationships and classroom climates. This forward-looking volume applies attachment theory to child-teacher relationships...explores strategies that teachers can use to foster positive student behavior...provides narrative examples from early childhood classrooms serving primarily low-income children of color...and uses stories from exemplary classrooms as well as those in which teachers are struggling with relationships.

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A thought-provoking and potentially life-altering book. - Sally Lubeck, School of Education, The University of Michigan

""A thought-provoking and potentially life-altering book."" - Sally Lubeck, School of Education, The University of Michigan

"""A thought-provoking and potentially life-altering book."" - Sally Lubeck, School of Education, The University of Michigan"

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Carollee Howes is a nationally and internationally recognized Developmental Psychologist. She currently teaches in the Applied Developmental Ph.D. Program in the UCLA Department of Education. Sharon Ritchie has been in the field of education for 25 years. She is engaged in ongoing studies of quality and practice in early childhood classrooms throughout the nation.

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