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Attachment Theory and the Teacher-student Relationship

A Practical Guide for Teachers, Teacher Educators and School Leaders

Hardcover

Published: 1st September 2010
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How teachers form and maintain classroom and staffroom relationships is crucial to the success of their work. A teacher who is able to accurately interpret the underlying relationship processes can learn to proactively, rather than reactively, influence the dynamics of any class. These are skills that can be taught. This invaluable text explains how adult attachment theory offers new ways to examine professional teaching relationships, classroom management and collegial harmony: equally important information for school leaders, teacher mentors and proteges.

Attachment Theory and the Teacher-Student Relationship addresses three significant gaps in the current literature on classroom management:

  • the effects of teachersa (TM) attachment style on the formation and maintenance of classroom and staffroom relationships;
  • the importance of attachment processes in scaffolding teachersa (TM) and students emotional responses to daily educational tasks; and
  • the degree of influence these factors have on teachersa (TM) classroom behaviour, particularly management of student behaviour.

Based on recent developments in adult attachment theory, this book highlights the key aspects of teacher-student relationships that teachers and teacher educators should know. As such, it will be of great interest to educational researchers, teacher educators, students and training teachers.

@contents: Foreword Section I: Attachment Theory 1. Attachment Theory and the Classroom 2. Adult Attachment Theory & the Teacher-Student Relationship 3. The Emotionality of Teaching Section II: Researching Teachers' Attachments 4. Does Time in the Classroom Effect Attachment Style? 5. Contextual Insight-Navigated Discussion 6. CIND Mentoring: Supporting Transitions & Early Career Retentions 7. The Implications of New Knowledge: Old Wine in New Bottles? 8 Further into Attachment Theory References and Selected Bibliography Index

ISBN: 9780415562614
ISBN-10: 0415562619
Audience: Tertiary; University or College
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Number Of Pages: 188
Published: 1st September 2010
Dimensions (cm): 23.4 x 15.6  x 23.495
Weight (kg): 0.442