Decolonizing Classroom Management

A Critical Examination of the Cultural Assumptions and Norms in Traditional Practices

Flynn Ross, Larissa Malone

• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
• Year: 2024
• Edition: 1
• eBook ISBN:
  9781475873627
• Topic: Education
• Subtopic: Classroom Management

Decolonizing Classroom Management: A Critical Examination of the Cultural Assumptions and Norms in Traditional Practices introduces a framework for decolonizing classroom management which entails critically examining the cultural assumptions and norms embedded in our traditional practices. This book helps educators and teacher educators orient toward liberation through questioning assumptive language, challenging popular classroom management models, and offering promising practices to create positive learning environments. The final section of the book provides promising practices that can guide educators who aim to create thriving learning environments.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title
• Contents
• Foreword: The Struggle for Decolonization: Indigenous Peoples and Rights
• Introduction
• 1: Theoretical Framework for Decolonizing Classroom Management
• 2: Colonialism, Assimilation, and Dominant Discourse: A Brief History of Classroom Management
• 3: Common and Preferred Practices, But Not Necessarily Best: Problematizing Classification of Best Practices in Educational Research
• 4: Under the Hood of a Well-Oiled Machine: Revealing Racism and Ableism Within Classroom Management Practices Through Disability Critical Race Theory (DisCrit)
• 5: Building Belonging in Classroom Learning Communities
• 6: Decolonizing Classroom Relationships
• 7: Centering Humanity, Love, and Connection in Classroom Management
• 8: From Interest Convergence in PBIS to Co-Generative Praxis
• 9: Reimagining Classroom Management: A Humanizing Social and Emotional Framework
• 10: Decolonizing Mindfulness: Centering Liberation and Connection
• 11: Challenging the Narrative: How Unexamined Behaviorist Beliefs Can Sabotage Trauma-Informed Practices
• 12: Shaking Restorative Justice Clear From Retributive Justice Frameworks
• 13: Fostering Social and Emotional Bonds through Indigenous Storytelling
• 14: Dreaming Communities of Care: Radical World Building with Abolitionist Organizers Toward Students’ Heartwholeness
• 15: Creating Harmonious Classroom Communities by Embracing Community Cultural Wealth and Connection-Building
• 16: A Collaborative Approach of Ubuntu: Dismantling Colonial Classroom Management Practices in South African Schools through the Spirit of Ubuntu
• Epilogue: Decolonial Theory to Practice: Toward Shared Anticolonial Futures
• Contributors
• About the Editors