Overview
Learning to Trust describes a constructivist approach to classroom management and discipline that was developed by the Child Development Project, a multiyear research and development project that applied attachment theory, care, and self-determination theories to the elementary school classroom. In this book, Marilyn Watson provides an overview of the research on attachment theory and a detailed description of its implications for teaching and classroom management, while chronicling one teacher, Laura Ecken, and her second-third grade class in a high poverty school across two years as she implements the Child Development Project and manages the class, guided by attachment theory. Watson documents in detail Laura's day by day and week by week efforts to build caring, trusting relationships with and among her students and describes the many steps Laura takes to guide the class into becoming a caring, learning community while also meeting her students' individual needs for autonomy and competence. Of course, not all goes well in this very real classroom and the ways Laura manages the pressures of competition and students' many misbehaviors, ordinary and serious, are clearly and sometimes humorously described. Such teaching is not easy, and is counter to more controlling management approaches common in many schools. The book concludes with a chapter on how teachers might find support in their current schools for this more collaborative approach to classroom management, as well as a chapter that includes reflections from a number of the students seven years after leaving the class.
Full Product Details
Author: Marilyn Watson (Project Director and Director of Programs (retired), Project Director and Director of Programs (retired), Developmental Studies Center, Oakland, CA)
Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc
Imprint: Oxford University Press Inc
Edition: 2nd Revised edition
Dimensions:
Width: 23.10cm
, Height: 2.80cm
, Length: 15.50cm
Weight: 0.635kg
ISBN: 9780190867263
ISBN 10: 0190867264
Pages: 440
Publication Date: 27 September 2018
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: To order
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Reviews
-This is a wonderful resource for teachers on how to change classrooms by sharing developmental discipline in step-by-step process.- (Childhood Education; Winter 2004/05) -If you read one book on discipline during your teaching career, this should be the one.- (Rethinking Schools, Fall 2003) -...presents a strong case for an alternative approaching utilizing Developmental Discipline.- (Education Review, 10/2/03) -...I've attended workshops and read numerous articles...but nothing has inspired me as much as Marilyn Watson's new book...- (Rethinking Schools Online, Winter 2003) -Learning to Trust should be required reading for any elementary or secondary school teacher...- (Education Review, 12/2/03) This is a wonderful resource for teachers on how to change classrooms by sharing developmental discipline in step-by-step process. (Childhood Education; Winter 2004/05) If you read one book on discipline during your teaching career, this should be the one. (Rethinking Schools, Fall 2003) .. .presents a strong case for an alternative approaching utilizing Developmental Discipline. (Education Review, 10/2/03) .. .I've attended workshops and read numerous articles...but nothing has inspired me as much as Marilyn Watson's new book... (Rethinking Schools Online, Winter 2003) Learning to Trust should be required reading for any elementary or secondary school teacher... (Education Review, 12/2/03) If you read one book on discipline during your teaching career, this should be the one. ( Rethinking Schools, Fall 03) .. .presents a strong case for an alternative approaching utilizing Developmental Discipline. ( Education Review, 10/2/03) .. .I've attended workshops and read numerous articles...but nothing has inspired me as much as Marilyn Watson's new book... ( Rethinking Schools Online, Winter 2003) Learning to Trust should be required reading for any elementary or secondary school teacher... ( Education Review, 12/2/03)
Praise for the First Edition This is a wonderful resource for teachers on how to change classrooms by sharing developmental discipline in a step-by-step process. -- Childhood Education If you read one book on discipline during your teaching career, this should be the one. -- Rethinking Schools Learning to Trust should be required reading for any elementary or secondary school teacher. -- Education Review
Author Information
Marilyn Watson retired in 2001 after 20 years with the Developmental Studies Center (DSC). As director of the center's Child Development Project, she guided the DSC's approach to professional development. Watson is author or coauthor of more than 40 articles and chapters and three books on social, moral or character education. She chaired the Character Education Partnership's teacher education project and served on the Association of Teacher Education's Commission on Character Education in Teacher Education. Prior to her work at DSC, Watson taught preschool, was a faculty member in the education department at Mills College in Oakland, California, and director of the Mills College Children's School.
