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Culture eats strategy for breakfast
First published in Teach Primary Magazine in January 2012.The idea that behaviour management is simply about learning a set of techniques that emerge from a teacher's "toolkit" is a dangerous one....
View ArticlePaul Dix answers Behaviour Questions: Question 1
Q: Hi Paul, I am working in quite a different (private) primary school, with different ideas on how to manage a class and deal with behaviour issues. Teachers are forbidden to tell parents anything...
View ArticlePaul Dix answers Behaviour Questions: Question 2
Q: Hi Paul,I'm an NQT at a secondary school and, while I'm quite pleased with how things are going behaviour-wise so far, I'm having the same issue with some two of my lower ability year 8 classes....
View ArticlePaul Dix answers Behaviour Questions: Question 3
Q: I have the same issue as the nqt in year 5 'strawberries'. I am an NQT, I teach in yr. 2 and my class is extremely demanding, they are a VERY tough class, even more experienced teachers say...
View ArticleChat to Frank Farrell – Tuesday 9th October 2012 - Transcript
The following transcript is from an online chat between a trainer and a user on our online course, Taking Care of Behaviour. Trainers are available for regular online chat discussions for all users...
View ArticlePaul Dix answers Behaviour Questions: Question 4
Q: I am an NQT and my first class (year 5) has a lot of 'big characters'. Due to home life a lot of the children are needy and attention seeking repeatedly calling out or causing silliness. I also have...
View ArticleLateness, What Lateness!
Below is the excellent contribution that Caroline Glorioso, a Taking Care of Behaviour Course delegate, has agreed to share with other teachers. For more contributions, please visit:...
View ArticlePaul Dix answers Behaviour Questions: Question 5
Q:As a 61 year old who started a PGCE when 57, my viewpoint on negative behaviour is that it is sometimes a truthful reaction to teachers who are trying to impose a pseudo world on the young(er), not...
View ArticlePaul Dix answers Behaviour Questions: Question 6
Q: I struggle with a characterful year 10 tutor group who resent tutorial time. As Michael says, they challenge the idea of it being a useful way of spending their time. But how best to address this?...
View ArticlePaul Dix answers Behaviour Questions: Question 7
Q: I'm a TA in a secondary school, I work one on one with SEN students, I always have trouble keeping them focused after lunch any suggestions on some simple activities to settle them back in to...
View ArticlePaul Dix answers Behaviour Questions: Question 8
Q: Working in FE I often find that after the census date there is precious little we can do about low level, persistent issues like poor punctuality, patchy attendance, poor commitment to handing in...
View ArticleBehaviour Question: ADHD
Below is Paul Dix's answer to a behaviour question asked by a TES reader. The response was published in the TES: The ProblemI have a pupil who has just been diagnosed with ADHD. We treat his behaviour...
View ArticleBehaviour Question: Aggressive Pupil
Below is Paul Dix's answer to a behaviour question asked by a TES reader. The response was published in the TES: The ProblemAs a cover supervisor I have had to do internal exclusion duty and was left...
View ArticleBehaviour Question: Bad Language
Below is Paul Dix's answer to a behaviour question asked by a TES reader. The response was published in the TES: The Problem:I was subjected to a tirade of swearing by a pupil. Senior management seem...
View ArticleBehaviour Question: Unruly Students
Below is Paul Dix's answer to a behaviour question asked by a TES reader. The response was published in the TES: The Problem:I'm doing supply, and eight boys in my class of 30 are unruly. Although I...
View ArticleBehaviour Question: Noisy Class
Below is Paul Dix's answer to a behaviour question asked by a TES reader. The response was published in the TES: The ProblemI have just started in a school and there is one class that is very noisy and...
View ArticleBehaviour Question: Dealing with Disruptive Students
Below is Paul Dix's answer to a behaviour question asked by a TES reader. The response was published in the TES: The ProblemI'm having issues with a Year 9 class. There are about six boys who are...
View ArticleBehaviour Question: Smirking
Below is Paul Dix's answer to a behaviour question asked by a TES reader. The response was published in the TES: The ProblemHow do I deal with a girl who is constantly smirking? I tell her classmate...
View ArticleBehaviour Question: Tantrums
Below is Paul Dix's answer to a behaviour question asked by a TES reader. The response was published in the TES: The ProblemI have very loud Year 1 class that are driving me mad. One boy, who has been...
View ArticleBehaviour Question: Pupils Taking Advantage
Below is Paul Dix's answer to a behaviour question asked by a TES reader. The response was published in the TES: The Problem:I'm a trainee teacher at a predominantly Muslim school and I'm white. Today...
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