The Classroom of Choice: Giving Students What They Need and Getting What You Want

by Jonathan C. Erwin

"Outstanding! . . . a great guide for teachers who want to succeed with every student they teach." --William Glasser

Teachers everywhere face the daily challenge of engaging students whose knowledge, skills, needs, and temperaments vary greatly. How does a teacher establish a learning environment that supports the class as a whole while meeting the particular needs of individual students?

Teacher Jonathan C. Erwin believes the answer...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0871208296
• ISBN13: 9780871208293
• Release Date: May 2004
• Publisher: ASCD
• Length: 229 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Great addition to books on Reality Therapy with Choice Theory

This book is very user friendly and has lots of ideas that teachers or counselors can use in the classroom.

Teaching Excellence

If you are a teacher attempting to implement Choice Theory in your classroom, you are going to love this book. It takes Choice Theory out of the theoretical realm and gives commonsense practical examples for implementation in your classroom. This book is filled with ideas for how to actually put Dr. Glasser's ideas into use in a school setting. Mr. Erwin takes the five basic human needs of Choice Theory and devotes a chapter to each one--giving suggestions for just how to structure one's classroom so that teachers and students alike can each get their needs met in a responsible, productive way. Mr. Erwin also gives ideas for how to manage disruptive behavior in a way that doesn't involve removing students from the classroom and teaches them the self-discipline skills needed to be successful in all areas of their lives. I highly recommend this book for teachers, school administrators, school board members, parents or anyone interested in improving the situation in schools and who may be seeking practical advice on just how to make "No Child Left Behind" (NCLB) actually work.

A great approach to teaching...............a must read.

This book is for any teacher who wants to learn how to better connect with and motivate their students. It encourages teachers to teach the skills children need to learn how to succeed in the classroom and also in life. The book provides many practical and fun techniques for the classroom. I highly recommend it!

Written especially for teachers

Teacher and author Jonathan Erwin presents The Classroom Of Choice, an approach to classroom education heavily grounded in the five basic human needs of William Glasser's "Choice Theory": survival and security, love and belonging, power through cooperation and competency, freedom, and fun. Adapting teaching methods to attend to these needs allows teachers to customize their classroom environment and groom students to motivate and monitor themselves. An open-minded approach that blends idealism with practical requirements, and an excellent supplementary tour of tips, tricks, techniques and methodologies to enhance instruction, written especially for teachers but also applicable to parents.