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Frey, Nancy – Guilford Publications, 2010
This popular guide offers a wealth of innovative, research-based strategies for making K-12 classrooms the best learning environments they can be. Easy-to-implement best practices are presented for establishing a classroom management plan, organizing procedures and materials, building a respectful community, fostering peer collaboration, and…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Reprography, Teaching Guides, Writing Skills
Heyda, Pamela A. – 2002
This guide for primary school teachers presents commonly asked questions and answers. Chapter 1, "How Do I Set Up My Classroom?" discusses desk and furniture arrangement. Chapter 2, "How Do I Survive the First Days of School?" offers tips for meeting and greeting students, establishing routines, and presenting activities.…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Class Organization, Classroom Design, Classroom Techniques
McVitty, Walter, Ed.; And Others – 1986
Emphasizing the importance of developing a social classroom climate, this book addresses the organization of the reading/writing classroom. Nine sections: (1) present a statement of principles based on this concept of classroom organization (J. Steinle); (2) discuss scheduling the school day as an important area of teacher planning (P. Sloan and…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Class Organization, Classroom Communication, Classroom Design
Opitz, Michael F. – 1994
This guide provides a framework for creating and using learning centers to meet specific classroom goals, and presents ideas for topics and activities. The first part of the guide: (1) explains what learning centers are and how they are used within classrooms; (2) provides design options for the classroom; (3) suggests ways in which to schedule…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Design, Classroom Techniques, Elementary Education
Feldman, Jean R. – 1997
This book for primary grade teachers provides over 500 ideas and suggestions for designing the environment and developing learning activities in a child-centered classroom. Part 1 of the book focuses on the larger school environment, with suggestions for making the whole school inviting for parents and children. Part 2 provides ideas for making…
Descriptors: Childrens Art, Class Activities, Classroom Design, Classroom Environment
Strickland, Dorothy S., Ed.; Morrow, Lesley Mandel, Ed. – 1989
Designed to be scholarly in content and grounded in research and at the same time be practical and usable for day care workers, classroom teachers, and curriculum specialists, this book discusses various aspects of the view that children's literacy development is a continuous process beginning in infancy with exposure to oral language, written…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Class Activities, Classroom Design, Day Care
Bruening, William H. – 1975
Presenting models based on the philosophies of Carl Rogers, John Dewey, Erich Fromm, and Jean-Paul Sartre, this paper proposes a philosophical approach to education and concludes with pragmatic suggestions concerning teaching based on a fully-functioning-person model. The fully-functioning person is characterized as being open to experience,…
Descriptors: Assignments, Class Activities, Classroom Communication, Classroom Design