This INSET-based book provides teachers and managers in schools with a practical guide to developing and maintaining high standards of behavior. Using their extensive experience, the authors emphasize planning policies which take account of the individual needs of the staff and pupils as well as whole-school administration. They encourage an experimental approach supported by many activities to guide the development process, and consider both the 'soft', human side of the development process, as well as the more predictable 'hard' side involving audit, planning, implementation and review.

First Published in 2000. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

If schools are to respond to the challenge of effectively managing the behavior of pupils, they must encourage all staff to be involved constantly in the process of developing their own classroom management skills. Not only does this INSET handbook provides a sensible structure for teachers to review their skills in managing behavior in the classroom, but it also describes how teachers can act positively and creatively when responding to the challenge of disruptive behavior. This book also examines the impact on classroom behavior of good communication, motivation, correction, organization, and experimentation.