Entering
The type of class and basic principles pursued in this book

Part 1 New School Year, New Semester

The Best First Date: Starting with a Letter - The Hard-To-Get Technique
Moving from the Opening Ceremony to the Classroom - The Enhancing Effect
First Day of School ① A Teacher's Words That Shape the Year - The Primacy Effect
First Day of School ② Ice Breaking - Somatic Concepts
Day 2 of School ① Explaining the New Rules - Reframing
Day 2 of School ②: Taking Turns - Preventing Social Laziness (Freeriding)
Day 2 of School ③ Preparing for the Next Class - The Principle of Immediate Acknowledgement
Second Day of School④ Explaining the Flow of Class - Schema
Day 2 of School ⑤ Building Intimacy - Somatic Concepts
Day 2 of the New Year⑥ Selecting a Subject Leader - Self-Efficacy
Setting Class Goals - Self-Determination
Paying Attention to Children's Language - Metacognition
Teaching Correct Listening Posture - Silence Technique
First Day of School After Summer Vacation ① - The Primacy Effect
First Day of School After Summer Vacation ② - The Number Effect

Part 2 Daily Life

Growing into an autonomous class group - self-determination
Connecting with Your Child Through a Diary - The Letter Effect
Praise Technique ① Making Praise Visible - Token Economy
Praise Technique ② Praising Effectively - The Overheard Effect
Praise Technique ③ Sharing Praise from Other Teachers - The Windsor Effect
Praise Technique ④ Indirect Praise - Applying the Windsor Effect
Praise Technique ⑤ Finding Opportunities to Praise Everyone - Self-Affirmation
Keeping the Classroom Clean - Modeling
Building Trust Through Favors - The Underdog Effect
Creating a School You Want to Attend - The Peak-End Law
Eliciting Answers from Children - Question Technique
Ensuring Deadlines are Met - The Effect of Deadline Decisions
Providing Fair Maps - Reframing
Even model students are punished fairly - Social comparison theory
Asking, "Does everyone seem to be having a good time?" - Projective

Part 3: Responding to Problems

Fact Checking ① Fact Checking Through Your Child - Question Technique
Fact Checking ② Eliciting Honest Answers - The Law of Loss Aversion
Fight Mediation ① Listening to each other's stories - Self-rationalization
Fight Mediation ② Getting the Other Party to Admit Their Mistakes - The Even-A-Penny Technique
Mediation of a fight ③ Guiding the other person to apologize - the principle of the reciprocal effect of goodwill
Fight Mediation ④ Eliminating Resistance to Apologies - Yes Affirmation Method
Coping with Minor Conflicts in Everyday Life - Metacognition
Conveying the Teacher's Heart - Scaling
Resolving Complaints After a Problem is Solved - The Question Technique
Urging Problem Improvement ① Motivating with Stimulation - The Reactance Effect
Urging Improvement ② Experience it for Yourself - Role-Playing
Guiding a Child Who Hits a Friend Out of Anger - Solution Focus Approach
Coping with Dissatisfaction in Group Play - Metacognition
Coping When Kids Can't Focus - The Relaxation Effect
Observe the situation with empathy - listen
Letting them know you're growing - the labeling effect

In conclusion

A happy classroom created by teachers and children
Strategic classroom management know-how that understands children's psychology

As the new semester and school year approach, there are those who are as excited and anxious as the children.
It's the homeroom teacher.
Especially in elementary schools, the role of the class is so important that planning how to manage the class is a very important task for a happy school life for teachers and students.
However, research on classroom management practices is not as active as on subject-based classes, and so teachers often rely on their intuition and experience.
Times are changing faster than ever before, and children's individual personalities are becoming increasingly distinct. Therefore, teachers with years of experience and a degree of expertise, as well as new teachers, face the same challenges in classroom management.

"Elementary Classroom Management: Psychology is Needed" is a book written by an elementary school teacher who personally experienced the difficulties of classroom management and wanted to share with fellow teachers the solutions he found in psychology.
This book's "Strategic Classroom Management" aims to create a classroom where children can live with peace of mind and foster autonomy through a stable, trusting relationship with teachers. Based on the scientific foundation of psychology, it provides practical methods that teachers can utilize effectively.
Psychology is a very effective tool in that we can expect faster change and growth when we understand children's minds from their perspective rather than trying to fit them into a fixed framework.
Teachers struggling with classroom management will gain strategic classroom management know-how through 46 psychological techniques the author has personally applied and proven effective in his own classroom.


Why Psychology Is Needed for Proper Life Guidance
'If you tell me not to do something, I want to do it, and if you tell me to do something, I don't want to do it.'

Even if you try to start studying on your own, you don't want to do it when someone tells you to. When you're told not to play with friends, you want to play even more.
Everyone has had that experience in childhood.
However, as an adult and a teacher, I often feel frustrated and upset in situations like this, wondering, "Why won't the children listen?"
This is a conflict that arises because things that are natural and reasonable from an adult's perspective are often not so from a child's perspective.
However, if you get angry and forcefully teach your children in these situations, it will be difficult to bring about real change in the children, and it can also have a negative impact on the trust relationship between the teacher and the children.
So what we need is a psychological technique, a skill that allows us to understand the thoughts and feelings of others.


By making good use of children's psychology, such as the 'reactance effect' that stimulates the child's mind, which is like a frog that doesn't want to do something when told to do it, and boosts motivation, the 'question technique' that points out mistakes and draws out answers from the child, and the 'token economy' that encourages correct behavior through rewards, we can increase trust in teachers and provide more effective guidance.
Especially for teachers who open this book before a new semester, it will allow them to manage their classes more smoothly throughout the year with practical solutions that can be used immediately from the first day they meet their classmates to providing guidance and dealing with problem situations needed during the semester.
For teachers who are busy with their busy academic schedules, administrative tasks, and classroom management, "Elementary Classroom Management: Psychology is Needed" will be a reliable guide that can be kept by your side and referred to frequently.