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Record Nr.

UNINA9910821791403321

Autore

Wearmouth Janice

Titolo

Perspectives on student behaviour in schools [[electronic resource] ] : exploring theory and developing practice / / Janice Wearmouth, Ted Glynn and Mere Berryman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2005

ISBN

1-134-25911-5

1-281-15749-X

9786611157494

0-203-96409-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (305 p.)

Classificazione

81.55

Altri autori (Persone)

GlynnT (Ted)

BerrymanMere

Disciplina

370.15/28

Soggetti

Behavior modification

Problem children - Education

School environment

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [259]-289) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Half Title: Perspectives on Student Behaviour in Schools; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Preface; 1 Understanding inclusion and behaviour management; 2 Everyday explanations; 3 Societal understandings; 4 Cultural understandings of learning and behaviour; 5 Biological and medical explanations of behaviour; 6 Psychological understandings of behaviour; 7 Assessment of students' behaviour; 8 Working at individual level; 9 Working at class-wide level; 10 Addressing behaviour at school-wide level; 11 School, home and community working together; 12 Developing school policy; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The authors of this comprehensive text discuss the root causes of disruptive behaviour, tackle assessment issues and develop effective intervention strategies that will be of practical use to teachers and other educators. Whilst theorising behaviour management from a range of perspectives: psychodynamic, behavioural and socio-cultural, the authors remain firmly focused on practical issues of policy making, assessment and intervention, and address a wide range of related



issues, such as:policy in relation to behaviour in schools at local authority, national and international leve