Some students in higher-ability classes said they felt more confident and motivated, but students in lower streams reported conforming to teachers’ low expectations for achievement.
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There are a number of evidence based practices that have shown to dramatically reduce challenging student behaviour at school. Here are five of them.
All students interviewed for a study on relationships with teachers said the ones they loved most were kind, caring or funny. They said the ones they disliked often treated them unfairly.
Collective punishments take some of the heavy lifting from the teacher and place it on the peers to impose social sanctions. But it’s likely to make students disengaged, and misbehave more.
Teachers should seriously reconsider using technology to monitor behaviour because of the negative impact it could have on students.
Reports that Australian classrooms are some of the most disruptive in the world are based on the experiences of 15-year-old students alone, and focus on science classes.
Leaving teachers to deal with challenging behaviour on their own can be unproductive and stressful.
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Professor and Director, Centre for Research in Educational and Social Inclusion, University of South Australia
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Senior Lecturer in Education Studies, Australian Catholic University
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Professor and Academic Head, Special Education and Educational Psychology, Monash University
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Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Education, Monash University
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Professor and Director of the Centre for Inclusive Education, Queensland University of Technology
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Head of School of Education and Professor of Educational Psychology, University of Wollongong
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Associate Professor in Psychology, Macquarie University
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Professor of Inclusive Education, University of South Australia
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Doctoral Researcher, Research Assistant, University of South Australia
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Senior Lecturer, Educational Psychology & Inclusive Education, Monash University
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Lecturer in Behaviour Management, University of Tasmania
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Lecturer, Monash University
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Lecturer, Edith Cowan University
