Behaviour Management Role

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This piece of writing will discuss three important aspects that are necessary in the role of the professional primary school teacher. These three roles include; the ability to manage behaviour effectively (Teaching Standard 7), the ability to accurately assess pupils’ knowledge and understanding (Teaching Standard 6) and to be able to differentiate in order to meet the individual needs of all pupils (Teaching Standard 5). Evidence supporting these three aspects will be critically discussed. It is vital that a teacher is able to implement effective behaviour management strategies in the classroom to ensure that learning takes place. Merrett and Wheldall (1990) suggest that desirable behaviour in the classroom is essential for academic learning…show more content…
(OFSTED, 1993) This suggests good behaviour is considered an educational goal, so teachers should support their class in achieving it. Teachers have felt that managing behaviour is a necessary part of the role of a teacher, however it can be very time consuming. Children’s misbehaviour has also been considered as a major source of stress in teachers’ work (Pratt, 1978; Boyle et al., 1995). Therefore, it is important teachers can make use of effective behaviour management techniques, to avoid becoming stressed at work. There are many different views on what are the most effective forms of behaviour management, some of which will now be critically discussed. Galton, Simon and Croll (1980) discovered a strong link between teachers’ interaction patterns and children’s behaviour. Generally, classes taught by teachers who allocated more time to in class interaction were more engaged in their work and less distracted, whereas classes taught by teachers who spent the majority of their time in one-to-one interactions spent less time…show more content…
Cullingford’s (1988) interviewees suggested that rules and routines were essential and that an important element of a teachers’ role was to create and maintain rules, giving out punishments when necessary to pupils who break those rules. Several studies have shown improved behaviour following the use of rules and praise for rule compliance (“well done for keeping our first rule about working quietly everyone!” Merrett, 1981, 1993). This shows that as a teacher, rules and routines should be implemented in the classroom in order to maintain discipline and order, which will in turn aid learning in a calm
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