Beyond Control: Heart-Centered Classroom Climate and Discipline
How do you work with the attitudes that drive classroom behavior? Beyond Control offers helpful advice.
Heart-centered classroom management aims beyond exterminating wrong; it strives to cultivate the good. Combining insights from motivational theory, Scripture, and 25 years of classroom experience, Bandstra provides encouragement and advice to teachers who struggle with difficult children. Despite the serious nature of this topic, his narrative style makes the book easy to follow and fun to read.
“A must-read for new teachers and a best-read for experienced teachers.”
David Bouwkamp, Hudsonville Public Schools, Hudsonville, Michigan
“Humbly honest and insightful.”
Lisa Mouw, Instructor of education, Dordt University, Sioux Center, Iowa
“Here is a book that challenges the long-standing dominance of behaviorism and offers a practical, Christian alternative.”
John Van Dyk, professor of education and philosophy emeritus, Dordt University, Sioux Center, Iowa
Author
Alan Bandstra serves as a middle school math and science teacher at Sioux Center Christian School. Long fascinated by peer influence in classrooms, he has studied group dynamics from the angles of scriptural teaching and empirical research. Alan’s relatable stories draw from behavior situations he has encountered as an educator, teacher mentor, youth ministry volunteer, and dad. During summer breaks, Alan rejuvenates by loading his tools into the back of “Methuselah” (a rusty 1956 school bus) and working on home-repair projects for neighbors in his community.
