1st Edition

Peer Relationships in Classroom Management Evidence and Interventions for Teaching

Edited By Martin H. Jones Copyright 2022
262 Pages 6 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

262 Pages 6 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

262 Pages 6 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Peer Relationships in Classroom Management offers pragmatic, empirically validated guidance to teachers in training on issues pertaining to students’ interpersonal relationships. Concepts such as bullying, popularity, and online friendships are ubiquitous in today’s schools, but what kinds of scientific and pedagogical knowledge can support teachers navigating students’ complex lives? Using... Read more

Part I: Introduction

Chapter 1 Overview: What are peer relationships in school?
Martin H. Jones

Chapter 2 Are peer relationships in classrooms helpful? Hurtful? How?
Martin H. Jones and Jennifer Symonds

Part II: Friendships

Chapter 3 What happens when friends fight?
Robert Cohen, Samantha Newman, and Robert Washington

Chapter 4 Do friendships change as students get older?
Julie Wargo Aikins

Chapter 5 Can teachers affect friendships?
Jill V. Hamm and Abigail S. Hoffman

Chapter 6 How do we support the peer acceptance of children with disabilities?
Paddy C. Favazza, Michaelene M. Ostrosky, Anke A. de Boer, and Florianne Rademaker

Chapter 7 Should gifted students be friends with non-gifted students?
Anne N. Rinn and Rebecca Johnson

Chapter 8 Can friends help motivate each other to do well?
Allison M. Ryan, Jessica E. Kilday, and Nicole R. Brass

Chapter 9 How do new students make friends?
Thomas A. Kindermann, Brandy A. Brennan, James L. DeLaney, and Daniel L. Grimes

Part III: Aggression, Popularity, and Bullying

Chapter 10 Can friends also be foes?
Catherine L. Bagwell and Karen P. Kochel

Chapter 11 Why do students bully?
Dorothy L. Espelage, Luz E. Robinson, and Alberto Valido

Chapter 12 What happens to popular kids?
Sunmi Seo and Kristina L. McDonald

Chapter 13 Why do students become popular?
Molly Dawes and Kate Norwalk

Chapter 14 Does social media make it worse?
Justin W. Vollet

Part IV: Conclusion

Chapter 15 Concluding comments: Where do we go from here?
Martin H. Jones

Biography

Martin H. Jones is Associate Professor of Educational Psychology in the Department of Individual, Family, & Community Education at the University of New Mexico, USA.