Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Contributors
- Foreword
- Acknowledgments
- 1 Middle Childhood: Contexts of Development
- 2 The Significance of Middle Childhood Peer Competence for Work and Relationships in Early Adulthood
- 3 Aggression and Insecurity in Late Adolescent Romantic Relationships: Antecedents and Developmental Pathways
- 4 Middle Childhood Family-Contextual and Personal Factors as Predictors of Adult Outcomes
- 5 Genetic and Environmental Influences on Continuity and Change in Reading Achievement in the Colorado Adoption Project
- 6 Reciprocal Effects of Mothers' Depression and Children's Problem Behaviors from Middle Childhood to Early Adolescence
- 7 Middle Childhood Life Course Trajectories: Links Between Family Dysfunction and Children's Behavioral Development
- 8 The Contribution of Middle Childhood Contexts to Adolescent Achievement and Behavior
- 9 Educational Tracking Within and Between Schools: From First Grade Through Middle School and Beyond
- 10 School Environments and the Diverging Pathways of Students Living in Poverty
- 11 The Relations of Classroom Contexts in the Early Elementary Years to Children's Classroom and Social Behavior
- 12 Out-of-School Time Use During Middle Childhood in a Low-Income Sample: Do Combinations of Activities Affect Achievement and Behavior?
- 13 Low-Income Children's Activity Participation as a Predictor of Psychosocial and Academic Outcomes in Middle Childhood and Adolescence
- 14 Healthy Mind, Healthy Habits: The Influence of Activity Involvement in Middle Childhood
- 15 Media Effects in Middle Childhood
- 16 Continuity and Discontinuity in Middle Childhood: Implications for Adult Outcomes in the UK 1970 Birth Cohort
- 17 Mandatory Welfare-to-Work Programs and Preschool-Age Children: Do Impacts Persist into Middle Childhood?
- 18 Effects of Welfare and Employment Policies on Middle-Childhood School Performance: Do They Vary by Race/Ethnicity and, If So, Why?
- 19 Effects of a Family Poverty Intervention Program Last from Middle Childhood to Adolescence
- 20 Experiences in Middle Childhood and Children's Development: A Summary and Integration of Research
- Author Index
- Subject Index
- References
11 - The Relations of Classroom Contexts in the Early Elementary Years to Children's Classroom and Social Behavior
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 16 September 2009
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Contributors
- Foreword
- Acknowledgments
- 1 Middle Childhood: Contexts of Development
- 2 The Significance of Middle Childhood Peer Competence for Work and Relationships in Early Adulthood
- 3 Aggression and Insecurity in Late Adolescent Romantic Relationships: Antecedents and Developmental Pathways
- 4 Middle Childhood Family-Contextual and Personal Factors as Predictors of Adult Outcomes
- 5 Genetic and Environmental Influences on Continuity and Change in Reading Achievement in the Colorado Adoption Project
- 6 Reciprocal Effects of Mothers' Depression and Children's Problem Behaviors from Middle Childhood to Early Adolescence
- 7 Middle Childhood Life Course Trajectories: Links Between Family Dysfunction and Children's Behavioral Development
- 8 The Contribution of Middle Childhood Contexts to Adolescent Achievement and Behavior
- 9 Educational Tracking Within and Between Schools: From First Grade Through Middle School and Beyond
- 10 School Environments and the Diverging Pathways of Students Living in Poverty
- 11 The Relations of Classroom Contexts in the Early Elementary Years to Children's Classroom and Social Behavior
- 12 Out-of-School Time Use During Middle Childhood in a Low-Income Sample: Do Combinations of Activities Affect Achievement and Behavior?
- 13 Low-Income Children's Activity Participation as a Predictor of Psychosocial and Academic Outcomes in Middle Childhood and Adolescence
- 14 Healthy Mind, Healthy Habits: The Influence of Activity Involvement in Middle Childhood
- 15 Media Effects in Middle Childhood
- 16 Continuity and Discontinuity in Middle Childhood: Implications for Adult Outcomes in the UK 1970 Birth Cohort
- 17 Mandatory Welfare-to-Work Programs and Preschool-Age Children: Do Impacts Persist into Middle Childhood?
- 18 Effects of Welfare and Employment Policies on Middle-Childhood School Performance: Do They Vary by Race/Ethnicity and, If So, Why?
- 19 Effects of a Family Poverty Intervention Program Last from Middle Childhood to Adolescence
- 20 Experiences in Middle Childhood and Children's Development: A Summary and Integration of Research
- Author Index
- Subject Index
- References
Summary
Beginning formal education represents an almost universal developmental milestone that occurs near the time that children enter middle childhood. Although the major agenda of school is teaching academic skills, schools are social environments with expectations for behavior and social structures to which children need to adapt (Weinstein, 1991). School environments are small communities in which the social interactions are neither totally prescribed nor totally unconstrained. The expected behaviors go well beyond literacy and numerical skills to self-regulation (e.g., involvement in classroom activities, restraining disruptive behavior, attending to the agenda of the classroom, working autonomously), harmonious social interactions with adults (e.g., compliance, clear communications, positive social interactions, absence of defiance or conflict), and positive interactions with peers (e.g., cooperative activity, nonaggressive conflict resolution).
In this chapter, we ask how the social and instructional context of the school classroom contributes to children's social and behavioral competencies during middle childhood. We define context at the level of processes within the classroom that include instructional and emotional support for learning, positive and negative climate, and negative disciplinary interactions between teachers and students. We frame the questions at two levels. First, are there immediate associations between classroom contexts and children's social behavior within the classroom? That is, do children demonstrate different patterns of involvement, peer interaction, or disruptive behavior depending on such features of the classroom as teacher involvement, teacher sensitivity, and instructional style?
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- Developmental Contexts in Middle ChildhoodBridges to Adolescence and Adulthood, pp. 217 - 236Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2006
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