Managing Behaviour in the Primary School, Third Edition

by Michelle Macgrath (Contributor), Jim Docking (Author)

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  Paperback
  2002

  $3.25

  The original edition of this book made accessible to primary school teachers and student teachers the means of putting many of the Elton Report's findings into practice. The author's philosophy on behavior management still stands, but the ideas have been revised and updated to take account of more recent thought about good practice in primary education and the management of schools today. The book suggests tried and tested strategies for forestalling behavior problems through thoughtful class management and lesson planning; responding positively to behavior incidents; communicating positive expectations; and enhancing pupil motivation. There are useful checklists throughout and material for experienced staff as well as for students and newly qualified teachers.

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  Paperback
  1990

  $3.25

  This book, the first volume in a series published in association with the Roehampton Institute, takes the Elton Inquiry Report Discipline in Schools as its starting point, and devotes chapters to some of the main themes of the report as they relate to primary schools. Emphasis is given to strategies for forestalling behaviour problems, classroom management and pupil relationships, responding positively to behavioural incidents, the use of praise and rewards, reprimand and punishment, playground behaviour and pupil agression, communciating positive expectations and enhancing pupil motivation, whole-school policies, relationships with parents, and involving pupils in behaviour policy.

• New

  Paperback
  2002

  $48.10

  The original edition of this book made accessible to primary school teachers and student teachers the means of putting many of the Elton Report's findings into practice. The author's philosophy on behavior management still stands, but the ideas have been revised and updated to take account of more recent thought about good practice in primary education and the management of schools today. The book suggests tried and tested strategies for forestalling behavior problems through thoughtful class management and lesson planning; responding positively to behavior incidents; communicating positive expectations; and enhancing pupil motivation. There are useful checklists throughout and material for experienced staff as well as for students and newly qualified teachers.