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

by Lilian G. Katz

On an essential topic, this book is both authoritative and accessible to early childhood professionals. Drawing from research and expert practice, Katz and McClellan explain developmental factors in social competence, positive and negative influences on disposition (including negative classroom influences that may surprise you), and suggest principles and strategies for teachers to understand and foster 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.