Cracking the Hard Class
- Bill Rogers - Independent Educational Consultant, Victoria, Australia
Classroom Management & Student Behaviour | Educational Psychology | Special & Inclusive Education
These include: identifying what makes a class `hard'; developing a class behaviour plan; developing colleague support; following up on disruptive students; changing patterns of bad behaviour; and assisting relief teachers and the hard class.
As well as constructive ideas and strategies, Cracking the Hard Class, Second Edition also highlights the normality of the pressures and stress felt by teachers dealing with these classes.
'The book offers a very practical approach to building specific skills that will give teachers confidence in dealing with their toughest customers' - Debate
'Teachers struggling to manage "difficult" pupils may be relieved to learn that the author, along with many other educationalists, believes that effective teaching can be developed by acquiring the necessary skills - you don't have to be born with them! This book is full of those skills and how to put them into practice. With stress levels apparently rising amongst teachers, Bill Rogers' calm approach to tackling even the most extreme behavioural problems in the classroom, to create a "more positive working environment", will come as a relief to many teachers' - Youthinmind
As a companion book to Rogers Classroom Behaviour this is essential reading for anyone working in teaching. So many good ideas and great advice on how to stay sane and deal with very difficult situations.
Contains a wealth of information about behaviour management. In use with staff within the department.
Useful reading for qualified teachers who are reflecting on practice and also teachers and lecturers in training.
I would recommend this to anyone new or experienced in the teaching profession. It shows how to build the necessary skills needed to work with the most challenging of students.
