Behaviour Management Pocketbook: Behaviour Management Pocketbook: 2nd Edition - Softcover

Peter Hook; Andy Vass

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1906610436 ISBN 13: 9781906610432

Publisher: Teachers' Pocketbooks, 2011

Synopsis

How to manage their classes is not only every new teachers first concern, it s an area about which even the most experienced teachers are never complacent. This new edition of the Teachers Pocketbooks top-selling title is a practical, authoritative guide to creating calm classes and focused, co-operative students. The book starts from the premise that teachers cannot control the behaviour of children; instead they must seek to influence it. Teachers are most effective in managing behaviour when they focus on antecedents and consequences. This means building relationships and using preventative strategies followed by consistent use of logical consequences. The book covers different styles of behaviour management; getting the basics right; eight core principles and a ten-step discipline plan. A section entitled developing the toolkit offers a broad range of strategies for teachers to use. All are explained in practical, classroom terms with examples of phrases to use for maximum effectiveness. Underpinning the repertoire of techniques is a strong framework: the 4Rs rights, responsibilities, rules and routines. Liberal use of cartoons, diagrams, mnemonics and other visual devices reinforce the message and fast-track understanding.

About this title

Review:

Here's a distillation of practical and philosophically sound guidance on effective discipline...A first-rate addition to an impressive series. -- Times Educational Supplement, April 23, 2004

About the Author:

Authors Peter Hook and Andy Vass, nationally renowned experts in the field of behaviour management, are consultants to the DfES and TTA as well as numerous schools and LEAs. Their practical, inspirational ideas are firmly grounded in classroom experience. Consequently, they work.

About this edition

• Publisher: Teachers' Pocketbooks
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 1906610436
• ISBN 13: 9781906610432
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 128