Changing Behaviour in Schools
Promoting Positive Relationships and Wellbeing
- Sue Roffey - Honorary Associate Professor at University College London and the Universities of Exeter and Western Sydney
Good teachers know that positive relationships with students and school connectedness lead to both improved learning and better behavior for all students, and this is backed up by research. Changing Behaviour in Schools will show you how to promote positive behavior and wellbeing in your setting.
Taking an holistic approach to working with students, the author provides examples of effective strategies for encouraging pro-social and collaborative behavior in the classroom, the school and the wider community. Chapters look at the importance of the social and emotional aspects of learning, and ways to facilitate change.
Issues covered include:
• developing a sense of belonging in the classroom
• teaching approaches that maximize engagement and participation
• how to respond effectively to challenging situations
• ways to re-engage with students who have become marginalized.
Each chapter has case studies from primary and secondary schools, activities, checklists and suggestions for further reading. This is an essential textbook for trainee and newly qualified teachers, who want to become good teachers and manage student relationships with confidence, respect and resilience.
I thought the book had some good ideas and theories relating to children and behaviour but was not focused encough on children in the early years.
A good resource to support students on the Foundation Degree by enabling them to consider different strategies and procedures for classroom development.
This was a refreshing approach to an important topic. The book is well structured with many explanatory scenarios and case studies used to support the main text. Furthermore, the narrative is accompanied by useful and easy to implement activities. The reader is encouraged to engage with the subject matter and to share thinking with colleagues - discussion material and probing questions are offered throughout to assist in this. The treatment feels fresh and well grounded in contemporary research with useful references appearing at the end of each chapter. I have recommended this to my students, many of whom will go on to teach in inner city schools where they will certainly meet challenging behaviour at all levels.
This text will be very useful to all teacher trainees. It is scholarly and evidence-based, yet acessible. The case studies are an excellent tool to identify and analyse issues of behaviour management, and I like the emphasis on positive relationships. I will be ordering copies for the library.
Useful practical guide to positive techniques - good range of particularly helpful case studies.
An excellent resource, but more relevent to those inservice PCET tutors trainees who deal with 14 - 19's.
I use the case studies to generate discussion within classroom management sessions.
Excellent use of case studies and a wide range of activities to embed learning.
A comprehensive examination of both teacher and pupil behaviour. Clearly structured with concise information detailed on summaries at the end of each chapter. Excellent.
However it would have been beneficial to incorporate more early years examples into the case studies. Indeed it might have been useful to have a section on early years that then progressed onto the primary school child.
This is a really useful, practical text containing case studies that support the theoretical background to the book. It is easy to navigate and the sections for reflection and discussion provide good prompts for deeper thinking.
This will be a supplemenatary text on our new education module at level 6