Fostering Children's Social Competence: The Teachers's Role

by Lilian G. Katz

Socially competent children are better able to learn and thrive in the classroom. Drawing from research, observation and practice, Lilian G. Katz and Diane E. McClellan offer principles and strategies to guide teachers in strengthening children's social competence. They identify common classroom practices that undermine children's social development, and they suggest methods that teachers will find more effective. Chapters Social Competence in the Early Years; Creating the Context for Social Development; Principles of Practice for Enhancing Social Competence; Teaching Strategies for Fostering Social Competence; Strengthening Specific Components of Social Competence; Assessing Children's Social Competence

116 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1997

Reviews

[Marta · Rating 5 out of 5]

If you are going to start working with children and don't have a lot of time for preparation, this is the book for you. If you are to read just one book on this topic in your life, this should be the one. The book is straight-forward with techniques, makes you drop every bull-sh** you have ever consider to use in your approach, gives confidence for things you do well, and if you read it with an open mind you will grow as a person. Not just for teachers, but for psychologists and other involved in working with kids, too.

[Fishface · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was good as far as it went. I wish it had included more concrete helpful strategies to allow the authors to contrast them better against ineffective ones. But what they did include in here was very helpful indeed.