Impact of Teacher Conflict Styles on Student Discipline Outcomes

This text is a wonderful source for information regarding teacher methods for handling discipline. Not only does this book provide you with theories that apply to the teacher as agent within the structure (organization); it provides teachers a foundation for understanding their personal viewpoints and biases in a discipline situation. This foundation clarifies many of the fears teachers confront on a daily basis with respect to dealing with student discipline, organizational restrictions, and administration. The case studies provide a variety of circumstances and decision outcomes that result from teacher conflict styles. This text also looks at the impact these decisions have on the lives of their students and their students' academic success. Interventions and solutions are also presented in the recommendations section of the text.