A Matter of Trust
Connecting Teachers and Learners in the Early Childhood Classroom

Carollee Howes (Author), Sharon Ritchie (Author)

9780807742648

Paperback / softback, published 19 September 2002

192 pages
23.2 x 15.9 x 1.2 cm, 0.273 kg

A thought-provoking and potentially life-altering book. - Sally Lubeck, School of Education, The University of Michigan

The authors draw on their experiences as a developmental psychologist and as a teacher educator to provide ways for teachers to create positive child-teacher relationships and classroom climates. This forward-looking volume applies attachment theory to child-teacher relationships...explores strategies that teachers can use to foster positive student behavior...provides narrative examples from early childhood classrooms serving primarily low-income children of color...and uses stories from exemplary classrooms as well as those in which teachers are struggling with relationships.