This book examines the historical context of African Americans' educational experiences, and it provides information that helps to assess the dominant discourse on education, which emphasises White middle-class cultural values and standardisation of students' outcomes. Curriculum violence is defined as the deliberate manipulation of academic programming in a manner that ignores or compromises the intellectual and psychological well being of learners. Related to this are the issues of assessment and the current focus on high-stakes standardised testing in schools, where most teachers are forced to teach for the test.

This title incorporates new strategies for handling violence and inappropriate behaviour in our schools, including the implications of new technologies like mobile phones, social networking, and cyberbullying.

Adopting a unique situation-oriented perspective, this book studies the occurence and control of aggression on the micro-, meso-, and macro-levels of physical and social ecologies. The wide ranging viewpoint clarifies important aspects of all forms of aggression to provide psychologists, sociologists, and criminologists with a powerful aid for treatment and intervention techniques.

The Handbook of School Violence and School Safety: International Research and Practice has become the premier resource for educational and mental health professionals and policymakers seeking to implement effective prevention and intervention programs that reduce school violence and promote safe and effective schools. It covers the full range of school violence and safety topics from harassment and bullying to promoting safe, secure, and peaceful schools. It also examines existing school safety programs and includes the multi-disciplinary research and theories that guide them. Examinations of current issues and projections of future research and practice are embedded within each chapter. This volume maps the boundaries of this rapidly growing and multidisciplinary field of study. Key features include... Comprehensive Coverage – The chapters are divided into three parts: Foundations; Assessment and Measurement; Prevention and Intervention Programs. Together they provide a comprehensive review of what is known about the types, causes, and effects of school violence and the most effective intervention programs that have been developed to prevent violence and promote safe and thriving school climates. Evidence-based Practice – Avoiding a one-size-fits-all approach to prevention and intervention, the focus throughout is on the application of evidence-based practice to address factors most commonly associated with school violence and safety. Implications for Practice – Each chapter bridges the research-to-practice gap, with a section delineating implications for practice of the foregoing research. Chapter Structure – To ensure continuity and coherence across the book, each chapter begins with a brief abstract and ends with a table showing the implications for practice. International Focus – Acknowledging the fact that school violence and safety is a global concern, this edition has increased its focus on insights learned from cross-national research and practice outside the USA. Expertise – The editors and authors are experienced researchers, teachers, practitioners, and leaders in the school violence field, their expertise includes their breadth and depth of knowledge and experience, bridging research, policy, and practice and representing a variety of international organizations studying school violence around the world.

Reflecting and often paralleling aggression in the population at large, school violence and vandalism in the United States are escalating at an alarming rate. The response of the education establishment to this dangerous and costly trend has been to create energetic, constructive, and, in some cases, demonstrably successful programs. Designed specifically for school personnel, this volume comprehensively presents, in user-friendly detail, the primary techniques currently being employed to prevent and manage student aggression, as well as constructive alternatives to replace it. Paying special attention to issues that precipitate student violence, the book describes attitudes and situations that often contribute to episodes of aggressive behavior and outlines methods for management and prevention. Chapters discuss student-oriented interventions, such as psychological skills training, behavior modification, psychodynamic and humanistic interventions, and gang-oriented interventions. Recognizing school violence as a systems problem, the authors address ways to modify each of the elements that contribute to school violence. They offer detailed guidelines for changing the behavior of peers, school personnel, and family members, as well as ways to modify academic curricula and alter a school's physical features. In addition, they describe how to integrate administrative systems, security personnel, family members, community programs, and state and federal agencies into response and prevention networks. Extremely timely and relevant, this book is a valuable resource for school psychologists and social workers, counselors, teachers, administrators, security personnel, parents, and anyone else confronting school-related violence. It is useful in graduate-level courses focusing on the psychology of violence and aggressive behavior and the development and implementation of school and community safety programs.

This handbook provides a detailed overview of the emotional, physical, and social implications of anger, aggression, and violence. The book covers the recognition, diagnosis, and evaluation of these areas, aiming to understand the aetiology of these behavioral features to assist with prevention and cure. The book is divided into eight sections: Placing Aggression, Anger, Aggression and Violence In Context Causes and Precipitation of Anger, Aggression and Violence Features of Anger, Aggression and Violence Anger, Aggression and Violence in Defined Disorders and Conditions Physical Measures of Pathology and Insights: Genetics Physical Measures of Pathology and Insights: Non-Genetic Treatments and Therapies Methods and Techniques Handbook of Anger, Aggression, and Violence will be of use for behavioral scientists, psychologists, psychiatric nurses and doctors, neurologists, health scientists, general practitioners, research scientists and all those interested in altered behavior.

Classroom Management and Aggressive Behavior I will like to describe my book on classroom management. The book defines classroom management as approaches used by teachers to maintain order during classroom lessons in the event of distractive behavior caused by students. My book gives account of the importance of classroom management, with particular attention addressed to aggressive behavior. Therefore, the role played by classroom management in ensuring that non-educational issues like aggressive behavior and other misconducts are delinked from a teachers lesson, are specifically presented in this publication. In addressing classroom management, the book divides the management into three main components namely; the covenant management, content management, and conduct management. Therein, each of the mentioned components is described in detail where observable elements associated with effectual teaching practices are presented in a list. In retrospect, the book provides useful tips to the learning process and classroom management, the two being imperative. With specific attention given to aggressive behaviors, my book defines this behavior as unwarranted act of violence against others or oneself, and is committed either verbally or physically. My book points out particular classroom management approaches that can be utilized by teachers to handle aggressive behavior. The approaches include preparedness for lessons, student motivation, initiating discipline effectively, creating conducive learning environment, creating self-esteem among student, and drawing an interactive lesson plan. The book however points out that teachers, depending on the situation may devise other approaches. Also notably clarified on this topic is that, classroom management approaches may differ from one teacher to the other. Finally, my book addresses various ways that can be used to treat aggression. Aggression is described as treatable in three stages and these include immediate, behavioral, and long-term stages.