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Tag: roles
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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 norms and values matter when it comes to managing behaviour?
Norms are unwritten rules. Values are the beliefs we think are important. Norms are usually based on values. For example, a norm in British culture is to queue in an…
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Two techniques to fall back on whenever you find yourself struggling to build rapport
Technique One: Playing a Role Sometimes, if we are struggling to build rapport with a class or an individual learner, we might need to take on a role to establish…
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The two unseen forces that great behaviour managers are always aware of
We all have roles. Teacher, learner, parent, friend, sibling, manager. Most of us have multiple roles. In any culture, whether it be the larger culture of which we are a…
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What if we start thinking about behaviour as a type of communication – one we can learn to decode?
All behaviour communicates information, whether intentionally or not. Some of this communication is a direct result of what the person does. Some of it is a result of how the…