Education Theory, Education 

"Teaching math and reading," Barbara Porro confesses, "has always been a piece of cake compared with the overwhelming task of handling my students' everyday problems." Several years ago, however, after receiving formal training in conflict resolution, mediation, and negotiation, Porro decided to confront these problems head-on by teaching her students to solve their own problems. The result was a six-step conflict resolution process called Talk It Out. Designed for busy teachers, Talk It Out focuses on resolving real-life problems that occur in most classrooms--teasing, put-downs, pushing, hitting, cheating, gossiping, refusing to share. In this book, you'll read about Porro's experiences with teaching children how to Talk It Out rather than fight it out. You'll get practical tips, lesson plans, step-by-step scripts, and other materials that will be useful in introducing conflict resolution skills and helping students internalize them. As students learn to deal with conflict on their own, you'll have more time for the lessons you've planned, fewer complaints from parents, and less stress in your life. Best of all, your students will have gained valuable skills that, like math and reading, will serve them the rest of their lives! - from Amzon