The Developmental Management Approach to Classroom Behaviour: Responding to Individual Needs

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Aust Council for Ed Research, 2008 - Education - 173 pages
This book describes a system of successful classroom behavior management techniques developed by the author over more than 25 years of teaching practice. It outlines the difficulties confronting teachers trying to manage students' misbehavior in schools and describes four types of student who can be helped to behave responsibly. The book explains in detail how students' behavior can be categorized and how techniques can be introduced to deal with each category, however challenging the behavior might be. It also provides a framework for a long term commitment by teachers to productive interactions with students.
 

Contents

1 Introduction
1
2 Teachers aggression towards misbehaving students
16
3 Developmental management in the classroom
32
4 Responding to students manifesting Category A behaviour
45
5 Responding to students manifesting Category B behaviour
51
6 Responding to students manifesting Category C behaviour
71
7 Responding to students manifesting Category D behaviour
88
8 The Developmental Management Approach DMA
110
9 Teacher support
138
10 Conclusion
157
References
161
Index
171
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