25 Biggest Mistakes Teachers Make And How to Avoid Them, 2nd Edition

Buy the original books to support the authors!	Book Title	:	25 Biggest Mistakes Teachers Make And How to Avoid Them
	Edition	:	2nd
	Author(s)	:	Carolyn Orange
	Page	:	289 Pages
	Year Published	:	2008
	Publisher	:	Corwin Press
	ISBN	:	978-1-4129-3788-7
	File Size	:	2.90 MB

Book Description:
    This second edition has added value in that it seeks to examine what happens when teacher power runs rampant and anger and frustration reign; and why it happens. When 44 teachers were asked about their worst treatment of a student, they answered with incredible candor. Most of them cited anger and frustration as the primary motive for their move to bad actions and subsequent maltreatment of students. This second edition also examines the consequent effects of the teachers’ mistreatment that could result in academic trauma. I define academic trauma as a result of a significant emotional event that is caused by an aversive academic experience usually involving a teacher. In such a case, the teacher has overstepped the boundaries of reasonable discipline and used her power to demean, disparage, ridicule, or unduly punish a student. Academic trauma is most likely to occur in early years of schooling. It is usually an unpleasant event that may generate a measure of stress when recalled. The recipients of this trauma are usually psychologically scarred, that is they never seem to forget. Years later, they could still be hurt, disturbed, or otherwise affected by the event. Academic trauma also may affect a person’s thoughts, emotions, and behaviors later in life and can cause an adverse reaction to stimuli similar to the original traumatic experience. The second edition probes the motives of teachers, who admitted to mistreating students, to find out why they did what they did. The new knowledge gained from examining why teachers mistreat students and ways to avoid those acts can restore the equilibrium and psychological balance in classroom management that is so necessary to protect the young minds that are our charge.

Table of Contents:
Chapter 1	Inappropriate Discipline Strategies.
Chapter 2	Physical Aggression.
Chapter 3	Purposeful Alienation.
Chapter 4	Public Ridicule.
Chapter 5	Favoritism.
Chapter 6	Physiological Discrimination.
Chapter 7	Personal Attacks.
Chapter 8	Inappropriate Teacher–Student Relationships.
Chapter 9	Deliberate Mistreatment.
Chapter 10	Racial and Cultural Discrimination.
Chapter 11	Humiliation.
Chapter 12	Inappropriate Classroom Policies.
Chapter 13	The Big Winners in the Twenty-first Century Will Be Global.
Chapter 14	Inappropriate Educational Strategies.
Chapter 15	Inappropriate Assessment.
Chapter 16	Teacher Insensitivity.
Chapter 17	Academic Shortcomings.
Chapter 18	Poor Administration.
Chapter 19	Teacher Reputation.
Chapter 20	Teacher Misjudgment.
Chapter 21	Teacher Bias or Expectations.
Chapter 22	Unethical Behavior.
Chapter 23	False Accusations.
Chapter 24	Inappropriate Reactions.
Chapter 25	Sexual Harassment.