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Reluctant Disciplinarian: Advice on Classroom Management From a Softy who Became (Eventually) a Successful Teacher (Paperback)
by Gary Rubinstein
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| MSL Pointer Review:
If you are looking for a how to on classroom management try Lee Canter. If you are looking for a good laugh that is both genuine and filled with warmth, this is the book. |
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Author: Gary Rubinstein
Publisher: Cottonwood Press, Inc.
Pub. in: July, 1999
ISBN: 1877673366
Pages: 143
Measurements: 9 x 7.1 x 0.4 inches
Origin of product: USA
Order code: BA00974
Other information: ISBN-13: 978-1877673368
Language: American English
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If you work with difficult students or are just having big problems helping your students behave, this is a GREAT book. Rubinstein describes his journey as a reluctant disciplinarian. The book will have most teachers, especially the newer ones, rolling on the floor with laughter...because most of us have been there! Although he offers helpful advice, it's more a book of comfort and encouragement. Most teachers have to find their own niche. It's a great and quick and great reading for teachers who are struggling through the same thing or want to take a trip down memory lane, laughing all the way.
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Teachers
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Gary Rubinstein is a teacher at Stuyvesant High School in Manhattan and a teacher trainer for the New York City Teaching Fellows. He is the author of several essays and articles about teaching that have appeared in national magazines and journals. He lives in Long Beach, New York.
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From the publisher
In this funny and insightful book, Gary Rubinstein relives his own truly disastrous first year of teaching. He begins his teaching career armed only with idealism and romantic visions of teaching - and absolutely no classroom management skills. By his fourth year, however, he is named his school's "Teacher of the Year." As Rubinstein details his transformation from incompetent to successful teacher, he shows what works and what doesn't work when managing a classroom.
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Steven Shanab (MSL quote), USA
<2007-10-18 00:00>
In the spring semester of 2004, Mr. Rubinstein was my trigonometry teacher. For those of you in New York state, that's the equivalent of the last term of Sequential Math III or the last term of the Math B curriculum. Being a tenth grader at the time, I found his methods of teaching to be one of the best. Not only did I enjoy being a student in his class, but I also enjoyed learning math and because of him, I continued to pursue advanced math classes.
When he made a mistake, he was never afraid to let us correct him. He is a humble man and is able to connect with his students on a personal level. There was never anything fake about him.
Now that I am a senior in Stuyvesant HS, I look back and see that I never had a math teacher, or teacher of any subject, quite like Mr. Rubinstein. There are only a few teachers like him and I feel lucky to have been taught by him.
If his book is anything like the way he teaches, then many people will learn from him by reading this book. |
Heather (MSL quote), USA
<2007-10-18 00:00>
I liked the humor in this book. Rubenstein is honest and says what we're all thinking when we're in front of a classroom--and can't say. He's a great story teller, and you can picture the situations when his students outwit him. He does offer some good advice and admits that all teachers are works in progress and still learning - and that we should be! My only disappointment with this book is in its format; there is a lot of white space. However, the amount of white space makes it a quick read, which is a must for any busy teacher! |
A reader (MSL quote), USA
<2007-10-18 00:00>
I got this book, because I was having trouble controlling the kids in my Sunday school class. It gives some good common sense approaches to classroom behavior and it gives you insight into the authors struggle to become a good disciplinarian.
If you are in a teaching role with kids and started out wanting to make things fun and interesting, but feel like you have lost control, this book will help. |
Jim (MSL quote), USA
<2007-10-18 00:00>
A few weeks ago, I started teaching at a local high school without any prior classroom experience--what a disaster! I wish I had read this before I walked into class that first day. It goes beyond all the classroom discipline theory books and gives specific advice on what you should and should not do as a new teacher. And it's FUNNY! My wife even started reading it just for the humor. Every new teacher should read this before their first day. |
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