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Getting the Buggers to Behave (3rd edition)


Published by: Continuum International Publishing Group
Price: £14.99
ISBN: 0-8264-8912-5

This best-selling guide to behaviour management has won acclaim from all sections of the educational community for its practical and realistic advice.  Despite its ‘controversial’ title the book now features on a number of Initial Teacher Training courses.

Contents

Part One: In the Beginning …
- Basics of behaviour management
- Managing the first meeting
- Control techniques
Part Two: The Teacher and the Teaching
- Teaching styles
- Using sanctions and rewards
- Planning for behaviour management
Part Three: The Students
- Why do students misbehave?
- Types of student
- What the students said
Part Four: The Wider Environment
- The classroom
- The school
- Behaviour management in the primary school
- Behaviour management in the secondary school
Part Five: For Example …
- ‘Minor’ behaviour problems
- ‘Major’ behaviour problems
Part Six: If All Else Fails …
- I can’t cope anymore!

Reviews
TES – Jan 24 2003: “a book full of sound advice, founded in good practice and proper attitudes to young people”
 (1st edition) Sunday Times – 9 Sept 2001: “has won a cult following among harassed teachers”
TES – Mar 30 2001:  “rich and realistic” … “practical, sound and interspersed with imaginative ideas that arrest attention” … “a treasure trove”

To read Tim Brighouse’s review in full, click HERE

To read a review in ‘Young Minds’ magazine, click HERE.

 
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