Course curriculum

  • 1

    Welcome to Classroom Behaviour Management

    • Welcome to Classroom Behaviour Management

    • Online MA (Teaching and Learning) course handbook

    • Introduction to the module

    • Module Handbook

    • How is this course structured?

    • How does this course imbed learning, and how is it assessed?

  • 2

    Unit 1 Definitions of good behaviour and misbehaviour: useful social, moral or flourishing?

    • Reading for Unit 1 and 2

    • What is good behaviour?

    • The importance of classroom management

    • Different perspectives on behaviour and its management

    • In-school task: the philosophy underpinning your school behaviour culture
  • 3

    Unit 2: Historical and international attitudes to behaviour

    • A recent historical analysis of behavioural policy in UK schools

    • To what extent is behaviour a problem in UK schools?

    • International comparisons of behaviour
  • 4

    Unit 3: The most significant factors that influence student behaviour in educational settings

    • Overview

    • Unit 3 reading

    • What are the most significant factors influencing student behaviour?

    • Four important areas of effect on student behaviour

    • What motivates students to learn- or not?

    • Social norms as a behaviour management tool

    • Groupishness - how being in a group can foster group behaviour.

    • In-school task

    • Quick Quiz: Factors that influence behaviour
  • 5

    Unit 4: Reasons why students find it difficult to behave

    • Unit 4: Reading

    • Unit 4: Reasons why students find school behaviour difficult to achieve or maintain

    • Evolutionary educational psychology

    • Conformity to group norms in the classroom

    • Impulsivity

    • External stimuli, focussing and task-switching

    • Acquired habits, and breaking habits

    • Cognitive Load

    • Pupil and teacher expectations

    • Beliefs and values

    • In-school task

    • Unit 4 Quiz: limiting factors
  • 6

    Unit 5: Culture and identity

    • Culture and identity - introduction

    • Unit 5: Reading

    • Belonging to the school

    • Identity and belonging

    • Social Identity theory

    • The attraction of identifying with a group

    • In-school task

    • Unit 5: Quiz
  • 7

    Unit 6: Social norms and normative influences

    • Unit 6: Reading

    • Conformity and the influence of the group

    • When do we conform?

    • Examples of mass conformity

    • The downsides of conformity

    • Applying social norms in the classroom

    • In-school task
  • 8

    Unit 7: Developing habits through routines, consistency and the systematisation of behaviour

    • Unit 7 Reading

    • What is a routine?

    • Routines as norms

    • Benefits of using routines

    • What routines do I need?

    • Applying Rosenshine's principles of instruction to teaching routines

    • Effective practise and routines

    • In-school task
  • 9

    Unit 8: Consequence systems and reinforcement strategies

    • Unit 8: Reading

    • Punishments and rewards

    • Restorative approaches

    • Is zero tolerance an effective strategy?

    • In-school task

    • Consistency and exceptions
  • 10

    Unit 9: Supporting students with more complex or challenging behaviour, or with more barriers to positive behaviour

    • Introduction to some common special needs that impact on behaviour

    • Spotlight on Attachment Theory- what do teachers need to know?

    • What are the school's legal obligations to support students with SEND? UK case study.

    • Additional support options

    • Inside an alternative provision school
  • 11

    Unit 10: Controversies in behaviour: parking, removal, inclusion and exclusion

    • Introduction: Why is education so controversial?

    • Removal from lessons

    • Inclusion and exclusion

    • What happens to students after exclusion? A case study

    • In-school task: removals and exclusions
  • 12

    Unit 11: Extra-classroom strategies - pastoral and therapeutic approaches.

    • Introduction

    • What are therapeutic approaches?

    • The link between mental health and behaviour
  • 13

    Final assessment

    • End of module assessment