25 Biggest Mistakes Teachers Make and How to Avoid Them

by Carolyn Orange

Edition: 2nd

ISBN13: 9781412937870

ISBN10: 1412937876

Format: Hardcover

Pub. Date: 2008-06-11

Publisher(s): Corwin Pr

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This updated edition of the bestseller helps teachers become more sensitive educators by recognizing teaching mistakes and discovering better ways to address challenging and stressful situations.

Foreword	p. xi
Preface to the Second Editon	p. xii
Acknowledgments	p. xiii
About the Author	p. xv
Introduction	p. 1
Discipline	p. 7
Inappropriate Discipline Strategies	p. 9
Actions Scream Louder Than Words	p. 9
Clean in Thought, Word, and "Backtalk"	p. 10
Nose, Toes, Anything Goes	p. 11
Sticky Business	p. 12
Nosing Around in the Corner	p. 12
Sneaking a Peek	p. 13
Water Sprites Strike	p. 14
Give a Hand, Get a Hand	p. 14
Knuckle Whackers	p. 15
The Lineup	p. 16
Attila the Nun	p. 16
Injustice and Punishment for All	p. 17
Dubious Misdeeds	p. 17
Pay Attention!!!	p. 18
Cheating Expose	p. 19
Biting in Self-Defense	p. 20
No Apology Needed	p. 20
No Explanations, Please	p. 21
Whodunit?	p. 21
Sitting Ducks	p. 22
Boys Will Be Boys	p. 23
Copious Copying	p. 24
Assault With a Deadly Playground	p. 24
Punishment Befitting the Crime	p. 25
Old Betsy and What's Her Name	p. 26
Physical Aggression	p. 27
Punishment or Perversion?	p. 27
Pit Bully	p. 28
Putting the Squeeze On	p. 28
The Hair-Raiser	p. 29
Perils of Paddling	p. 30
Go for It	p. 30
Handle With Care	p. 31
Pupil Plucking	p. 32
Sweet Smile of Sorrow	p. 32
Purposeful Alienation	p. 34
Scapegoat Scandal	p. 34
Public Ridicule	p. 35
Confession [not equal] Contrition	p. 35
Don't Bother to Raise Your Hand	p. 36
Adding Insult to an Unjust Injury	p. 36
Saving a Red Face	p. 37
Old School-1899 or New School-1999?	p. 38
If you Muse, You Lose	p. 38
To Laugh or Not to Laugh, That Is the Question	p. 39
Teacher-Student Relations	p. 41
Favoritism	p. 43
Snob Appeal	p. 43
Sugar, Spice, and Very Smart	p. 44
Teacher's Pet	p. 45
Physiological Discrimination	p. 47
The Antifat Motive	p. 47
Writing Well at Any Cost	p. 48
Blurred-Eye View	p. 49
Discrimination by Isolated Exits	p. 49
Baby and the Beast	p. 50
Stuff and Nonsense	p. 51
Personal Attacks	p. 53
Derailment on the College Track	p. 53
Risque Rumor	p. 54
Job's Comforter	p. 54
Mirror on the Wall, Who's the Worst Student of All?	p. 55
Inappropriate Teacher-Student Relationships	p. 57
My Teacher, My Friend?	p. 57
A Wolf in Teacher's Clothing	p. 58
Deliberate Mistreatment	p. 60
A Holy Terror	p. 60
It's Snowing Down South	p. 61
sins of Big Sister Visited on Little Sister	p. 62
Racial and Cultural Discrimination	p. 63
Cross-Cultural Confusion	p. 63
Cinderella in the Classroom	p. 64
English-Only Spoken Here	p. 65
The Transparent Mask of Prejudice	p. 66
Separate and Unequal Treatment	p. 67
Lesson in Oppression	p. 68
Culture Clash	p. 69
Humiliation	p. 71
Chalkboard Etiquette	p. 71
Be Still and the Shame Will Settle	p. 72
Shake, Baby, Shake	p. 73
Girls Will Be Girls	p. 74
Tomato or Tomato? Pecan or Pecan?	p. 75
Classroom Policies and Practices	p. 77
Inappropriate Classroom Policies	p. 79
New Kid on the School Block	p. 79
Banished to the Underworld	p. 80
It's Now or Never	p. 80
One for You and One for You and None for You	p. 81
Sour Note Switch	p. 82
Broken Bones: Give the Student a Break	p. 83
The Shaming of the Crew	p. 84
Last Picks	p. 85
Speak First, Think Later	p. 85
The Perils and Pearls of Mandatory Attendance	p. 86
Sounding Off	p. 87
"Loser of the Week": A Real Loser	p. 87
Only "Smart" Questions, Please	p. 88
Help Wanted	p. 89
Off on a Tangent	p. 89
Worksheet Workout	p. 90
Let Your Fingers Do the Reading	p. 91
Rigid Mortis	p. 91
Almost Perfect Attendance	p. 92
Inappropriate Toileting Practices	p. 94
You're All Wet	p. 94
Wait, Wait... Too Late	p. 97
Right of Privacy: None of Your Business	p. 98
Pass the Pass Pronto	p. 99
Toilet Tyrant	p. 100
Classroom Management and Instruction	p. 103
Inappropriate Educational Strategies	p. 105
Gifted: One Who Walks on Water	p. 105
I Don't Know, I'm Just the Teacher	p. 106
Get Thee to the Second Grade!	p. 106
Standing the Test of Time	p. 107
Math Mania	p. 108
No Play, You Pay	p. 109
Prime Time	p. 109
Once More, With Feeling	p. 110
Teacher, Can You Spare a Sign?	p. 110
Wait a Minute ... or Two or Three	p. 111
No Excuses.... EVER!	p. 111
Competition Isn't Always Good	p. 113
Keep Working, Rain, Shine, Sleet, or Divorce	p. 113
I'm Writing as Fast as I Can	p. 114
Reading Reticence: To Read or Not to Read	p. 115
No Make-Up; I'll Take a Powder	p. 115
Can't You See That I Can't See?	p. 116
Small but Mighty	p. 117
Anything Worth Doing Is Not Worth Doing Well	p. 117
Ready, Willing, and Able	p. 118
Talk, Talk, Talk	p. 119
Here an "F", There an "F," Everywhere an "F," "F"	p. 119
Academic "Payday"	p. 120
If at First You Don't Succeed, Try, Try Again, and Again, and Again	p. 121
Inappropriate Assessment	p. 122
Test Error: Demotion to Promotion	p. 122
"I": Feedback or Folly?	p. 122
I Am Not My Brother's Keeper	p. 123
Caustic Critique	p. 124
Being Taught Red-Handed	p. 125
Group Consequences: All or Nothing	p. 126
Inflexible, Indifferent, Illogical, and Inaccurate	p. 126
Tragedy on the Classroom Stage	p. 127
Personality and Professionalism	p. 129
Teacher Insensitivity	p. 131
Seeing Red	p. 131
And the "Winner" Is	p. 132
Name Sweet Name	p. 133
Exit Front and Center Stage	p. 133
Eye to Swollen Eye	p. 134
Diagnosis: Faking	p. 135
When the Bough Cracks	p. 135
The Bereaved Must Leave	p. 136
Children Must Be Seen and Heard	p. 137
Stripped of Protective Coating	p. 137
Turning a Deaf Ear to Bullyragging	p. 138
Academic Shortcomings	p. 141
Shame and Punishment	p. 141
Ducking the Stoning Incident	p. 142
A Know-a-Little and a Know-It-All	p. 143
Academic Inquisition	p. 144
Jumping to a Gender-Biased Conclusion	p. 144
Tread Lightly, but Do Tread	p. 145
All Talk and No Teaching	p. 147
Don't Know Fall From Autumn	p. 148
Teaching Solo Students Can't Hear You	p. 148
The Incarceration of Originality	p. 149
Poor Administration	p. 150
Duped Dancers	p. 150
Teacher Reputation	p. 152
Fearsome Reputations Often Precede People	p. 152
Teacher Misjudgment	p. 154
Shrinking Violet or Conceited Prima Donna?	p. 154
Damsel in Distress?	p. 155
Trust Me at Your Own Risk	p. 156
The Whole Is Greater Than Its Parts	p. 157
Excluded!	p. 157
To Err Is Human, to Admit It Is Divine	p. 158
It's Gobbledygook to Me	p. 159
Your Crime, My Time	p. 159
Teaching Style and Behavior	p. 161
Teacher Bias or Expectations	p. 163
Once a Clown, Always a Clown	p. 163
Dark Comedy of Gender Bias	p. 164
Justice for All	p. 164
Extraterrestrial Terror	p. 165
Liar, Liar, Your Habit's on Fire	p. 166
Cheater Watch	p. 167
Unethical Behavior	p. 168
Keep Hope Alive	p. 168
Out in the Cold	p. 169
Bloody Secret	p. 170
A Lesson in Deception	p. 171
Sneaky Snacking	p. 172
Teacher Goes AWOL	p. 172
Sleepy Slacker	p. 173
False Accusations	p. 175
Do Send a Girl to Do a Man's Work	p. 175
Arbitrary Scapegoats	p. 176
Inappropriate Reactions	p. 178
Volunteer or Else!	p. 178
Silence Is Not Always Golden	p. 179
Abandoning the Band	p. 180
Oops! Too Bad for You	p. 181
The Smoke Detector	p. 181
What's My Name?	p. 182
Copycat?	p. 183
Sexual Harassment	p. 184
Scratch My Back, I'll Scratch Yours	p. 184
Let the Student Beware	p. 185
Biting Remarks Beget Big Bucks	p. 186
Bottoms Up	p. 186
Chest Nut Roasts Student	p. 187
Teacher Confessions of Worst Treatment of a Child: Their Motives and Feelings	p. 189
Why Good Teachers Mistreat Students: Their Motives and Feelings	p. 191
Underlying Causes and Reasons That Some Teachers Mistreat Students	p. 241
The Triggers or Emotional Catalysts for Aberrant Teacher Behavior	p. 243
Hidden Hazards: Negative Outcomes of Student Mistreatment	p. 246
How to Avoid Making the 25 Biggest Mistakes	p. 249
Further Thoughts on Avoiding Mistakes	p. 251
Epilogue	p. 254
References	p. 255
Index	p. 260
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