|
 |
Behaviour management remains one of the key concerns for teachers across all phases – making learning happen depends on getting this right. Understanding the reasons behind disruptive behaviour must be a crucial part of the equation, and the theory of emotional intelligence offers some ideas that might help. This term is defined as having the ability to know one’s own feelings, to manage moods and impulses and to be motivated in a way that helps overcome setbacks. Similarly, intrapersonal and interpersonal intelligences suggest the kinds of skills that help an individual to be comfortable with themselves and with others. Using these ideas, one teacher took up three strategies with his class of 10- to 12-year-olds: reducing confrontation, maximising on-task behaviour and helping students develop social skills. This article outlines the approaches taken, and lists strategies that could prove useful to all teachers, but will be especially relevant to those who face challenging behaviour. |
|
|
|
|
|
| pre conference resources |
 Video clips and presentation slides from our previous pre conferences, are now available online.
Click here to view. |
CERUKplus is the only free database of current education and children’s service research projects in the UK. CERUKplus would like to include practitioner research undertaken as part of masters degree courses or levels 3 + 4 of the Teacher Learning Academy in 2010, and would like to hear from practitioners interested in doing so. We are committed to supporting teachers and lecturers in their research work and building connections between communities of practice. |
| research engaged schools |
 The contribution of research to school improvement has been a matter of considerable debate. It is widely argued that educational practice should be more evidence based, but it is acknowledged that this is not easy to achieve. |
Click here to download free articles available on research engaged school theme  |
|
|
|
