Behaviour management

Behaviour management

Recap of learning for behaviour management in a classroom setting

behaviour management broken down

• This subject has been divided into three topics:

• Child reactions: looks at children’s reactions – the forms of behaviour children might present within a school setting and the reasons why they might behave in certain ways.

• Managing a class or a group: looks at different approaches to managing children’s behaviour. 

• Recognising behavioural issues: focuses on how mental health issues may affect a child’s behaviour. 

Why might children behave in certain ways?

• Figure 1 suggests that the root causes of behaviour are often complex and multifaceted

• The child may not know himself why he is finding it difficult to do what he has been asked to do, and the adults in his life may not know either

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Goals of misbehaviour

• Attention

• Power

• Revenge

• display of inadequacy.

How to deal with misbehaviour

proactive and reactive strategies for primary school and secondary schools

Strategies in primary schools

• Proactive strategies in Primary

• create smaller groups to work in

• Rewards for appropriate and good behaviour

• Keeping routines the same

• Set up rules to prevent injury/ bad behaviour

Strategies in primary schools

• Reactive strategies

• Visual cues

• Planned ignoring

• Following through with consequences

• Moving students in the room

• Assessing the situation (especially for SEN students)

Strategies in secondary school

• Proactive strategies

• Seating plans

• Banning phones

• Understanding home life situations

• Setting up expectations at the start (what the students want and what the teachers want)

Strategies in secondary schools

• Reactive strategies

• Visual cues

• Planned ignoring

• Praising students for correct behaviour

• Distraction

• Reducing expectation

• Following through with threats

Interactive recap

Let’s see how much you can remember

Multiple Select

What are the three parts of behaviour management?

(pick three answers)

• Child reactions

• Understanding the children

• Recognising behavioural issues

• Managing a class or group

• Punishment

Multiple Select

Why might a child misbehave?

• Home life

• Mental health

• Skills/ abilities

• Expectations

• All of the above

Poll

What would you do as a teacher in this situation?

how would you deal with a rowdy class in a secondary school?

• Run away and never come back

• Pick off the ring leaders and deal with the situation one student at a time

• Quit there and then and then go and cry in your class

Poll

A 5 year old child is refusing to take part in the lesson and starts running around destroying class displays

• Calmly speak to them and tell them their behaviour is not acceptable

• Put them in a time out to think about what they have done wrong

• Phone their parents and ask what they should do

• Run away