Publisher's Synopsis
What can I as a teacher do about difficult behaviour in my classroom? This book has been written for classroom practitioners who ask themselves this question. It does not offer simple advice in terms of what teachers should do: rather it helps them to address their question by first identifying the patterns of difficulty which are occurring in a particular classroom. This enables teachers to establish frameworks for devising improvements in behaviour. These frameworks are based in well-founded research about classrooms. The book thus aids diagnosis rather than selling 'one-size-fits-all' prescriptions. In addition, the classroom is considered as a complex social setting, in contrast to much of the current conventional wisdom which regards classrooms as machines. Managing Classroom Behaviour is suitable for teachers in primary and secondary schools.
