A Matter of Trust: Connecting Teachers and Learners in the Early Childhood Classroom

The authors draw on their experiences as a developmental psychologist and as a teacher educator to provide ways for teachers to create positive child-teacher relationships and classroom climates. This forward-looking volume applies attachment theory to child-teacher relationships…explores strategies that teachers can use to foster positive student behavior…provides narrative examples from early childhood classrooms serving primarily low-income children of color…and uses stories from exemplary classrooms as well as those in which teachers are struggling with relationships.