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Strategies, Ideas and Insights for Teachers and Leaders
Tag: effective behaviour management
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Is it inevitable that learners will always test boundaries, no matter who is teaching them?
It is important to remember that behaviour does mean something slightly different in the context of children and young adults compared to what it means for the rest of us.…
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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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Structure is your friend. Use it well. Positive behaviour management relies on it.
Effective lesson planning is a fundamental feature of successful behaviour management. This is because the behaviour learners exhibit in your classroom is always within the context of a lesson you…
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What to think about when deciding whether or not to praise learners publicly
Giving praise publicly means assigning status to a learner and their actions in front of other people. This can often have a powerful effect, with learners feeling that their efforts…
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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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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…
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Three of the simplest ways any teacher can build rapport without having to plan anything extra
We really are thinking about simple strategies, here. Simple, yet effective. So simple, they’re often overlooked. Or teachers say: ‘Yeah, of course I know that. But what else?’ Well, I…
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Why do rules matter in positive behaviour management?
Rules matter because they regulate behaviour. Rules can be written or unwritten. In the second instance, they are commonly referred to as norms. Arguably, rules govern every social situation in…
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How defining the norms and values of your classroom can help you improve learner behaviour
When looking to develop excellent behaviour management, it is a good idea to sit down and work out in advance what norms you want to see in your classroom and…