1st Edition

Positive Teaching The Behavioural Approach

By Kevin Wheldall, Frank Merrett Copyright 1984
194 Pages
by Routledge

194 Pages
by Routledge

194 Pages
by Routledge

Problems of classroom management and control are a recurring concern for many teachers. Disruptive behaviour and inattention hinder effective learning and impose a constant drain upon the teachers’ emotional resources. Continual nagging at children only increases teacher stress: what is needed is an effective alternative set of strategies. Originally published in 1984, Positive Teaching seeks... Read more

Preface.  Part 1: The Behavioural Approach to Teaching  1. Introduction: Setting the Scenes  2. An Overview of the Behavioural Approach to Teaching  3. Pinpointing and Recording Children’s Behaviour  4. Reward and Punishment  5. Changing Children’s Behaviour  Part 2: Analysing Classroom Behaviour and Demonstration Studies  6. Analysing Classroom Behaviour: Making Sense of your Data  7. Interventions with Individual Children  8. Interventions with Groups or Classes of Children.  Suggested Answers and Possible Solutions to Exercises.  Suggestions for Further Reading.  Index.

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Kevin Wheldall, Frank Merrett