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Tag: behaviour in the classroom
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How to use the nuts and bolts of culture to get better at behaviour management
The classroom is a social setting. It contains many of the core features of culture and society. Things we usually take for granted. Attending to these and using them as…
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Why do great behaviour managers use high expectations to challenge low-level disruption?
Consistently communicating high expectations is one of the most effective strategies any teacher can use to help eliminate low-level disruption. High expectations demonstrate to learners that low-level disruption is not…
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What are three of the simplest strategies any teacher can use to eliminate low-level disruption?
The answer to the question is: Let’s see what that looks like in practice. If you can see low-level disruption, then you can deal with it. Learners tend to develop…
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Understand why learner engagement is essential to all behaviour management
When it comes to creating engagement, we are talking about ways in which you can bind learners into your lessons, making them feel a part of what is going on…
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Is it actually possible to define ‘behaviour’ in the classroom?
The term behaviour refers to the outward actions in which we engage. These actions are shaped by external or internal causes, or a mixture of the two. For example, I…