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

Foreword vii Barbara T. Bowman Acknowledgments xi Introduction 1(10) PART I Understanding Attachment Organizations and Their Role in the Classroom 11(50) Child-Teacher Attachment Relationships 13(11) Child-Teacher Relationships and Harmonious Interactions 24(23) Using Child-Teacher Relationships to Organize Classroom Learning and Climate 47(14) PART II Teacher Behaviors and Classroom Organizations that Foster Trusting Child-Teacher Relationships 61(40) Teachers and Children's Prior Relationship History: What Can Change? 63(13) Teacher Behaviors that Foster Positive Child-Teacher Relationships 76(16) Classroom Organizations that Foster Positive Child-Teacher Relationships 92(9) PART III The Teacher, the Child, and the Whole Classroom of Children: Creation and Preservation of the Community 101(44) Teacher Behaviors and Safe Classroom Climates 103(13) The Contribution of Peer Relations 116(16) Classrooms as Communities 132(13) Ending Thoughts 145(4) References 149(12) Index 161(8) About the Authors 169