CIVILITY IN THE CLASSROOM

Civility in the Classroom, Stern Faculty Forum, October 2004
http://www.stern.nyu.edu/Faculty/citl/articles/docs/civility_in_the
_classroom_notes.pdf
Stern faculty describe what they do to maintain civility in their classrooms. Includes results of a brief survey about incivilities in Stern classrooms.

The Age of Incivility: Countering Disruptive Behavior in the Classroom
Virginia Gonzalez & Estela Lopez, AAHE Bulletin (2001)
http://www.aahebulletin.com/public/archive/incivility.asp
Suggests three main strategies faculty can focus on: 1/Create behavioral standards and communicate them, 2/Consistently enforce behavioral standards 3/ Examine your teaching style

Professors Struggle to Rout out Rudeness
Mark Clayton, The Christian Science Monitor (2000)
http://csmonitor.com/cgi-bin/durableRedirect.pl?/durable/2000/03/21/p16s1.htm
The problem of incivility in the classroom occurs in all kinds of colleges, including elite ones.

Handling Disruptive Students
Georgeanne Cooper, University of Oregon
http://tep.uoregon.edu/resources/faqs/issuesofrespect/
disruptive.html
Originally addressed to Teaching Assistants at the University of Oregon, still applicable in any college setting.

Passive vs. Aggressive Student Incivilities
Joan Middendorf, University of Indiana (no date)
http://www.kelley.iu.edu/icweb/TL_Library/incivility_passive.cfm
Advice for dealing with different kinds of student incivilities