Troublesome Behaviour in the Classroom: Meeting Individual Needs

by Mick McManus

Overview

The fully updated second edition of Troublesome Behaviour in the Classroom is the most comprehensive and practical guide available on the subject of behaviour management in schools. Distinguished by Mick McManus' lively and witty writing style, it is packed with practical ideas, activities, insights and solutions which will be invaluable to all teacher training students and classroom teachers.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781138160491
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	01/19/2017
Edition description:	2nd ed.
Pages:	252
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

About the Author

Mick McManus has been a teacher for twenty years and is now head of secondary education at Leeds Metropolitan University. He is a regular contributor to school-based staff-training days.

Table of Contents

Preface 1 Concerns, causes and remedies 2 Exclusion from school 3 Teacher qualities and classroom management skills 4 Pupil perspectives, motives and strategies 5 Controlling stress and confrontations 6 Individuals in context 7 Putting learning into practice

Editorial Reviews

A comprehensive guide for teachers and teacher-training students to the range of difficult behavior from pre-school to high school. McManus, a teacher in England for 20 years, shows how such behavior can be understood in terms of students' motives, their peer group, and classroom contexts. Then he shows how to deal with it. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Booknews

'Using easy to read and understand plain simple language this author combines practical advice and real life case studies with humour to look at various causes and solutions to some of the problem behaviours which appear in classroom settings.' - Caroline Hensby, Adders Organisation

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