Faulty Assumptions Taking Custody of Your Classroom [Hardcover]

In 22 years of public education, I have never found a book that gives better anecdotal evidence of classroom management than this. You can immediately use the knowledge in this book! A must-read for all new teachers. We have adopted this book in our district as part of the induction program.This book is a breath of fresh air. Its straight forward, practical, and not filled with someones useless theories. I can find no fault with any of your observations or conclusions. Your work is certainly based on practical experience, a 'how to' taken from the real world of the classroom. Something like this is badly needed in todays schools.Each semester I have Bill Miller speak with my Classroom Management and Effective Discipline Class. Bills years of experience and proven methods for dealing with at risk students are a valuable part of training each teacher should receive. I highly recommend Bill.Based on a decade of hands-on experience and research dealing with thousands of students in both regular, K-12 and alternative school settings, this book exposes the accepted and timeworn theories on classroom management, which are based on FAULTY ASSUMPTIONS, that rarely work to address these important questions. In their place, Miller proposes practical answerscalled The Heart of Teaching by one college professorfor which struggling teachers have been searching so that they may bring order to their classrooms and instruct meaningful lessons.Why do some students thumb their nose at a good education, disrupt everyones day at every turn, and pretty much subject themselves to a lifetime of compromise and want? This unique book is based on a decade of hands on experience and research dealing with thousands of students in regular education, K-12, and in an alternative school setting. It exposes the accepted and timeworn theories on classroom management, which are based on Faulty Assumptions, that rarely work and oftentimes make the situation worse. Millers common sense princlS+