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Ideal for teachers, psychologists and lecturers wishing to implement a practical, whole-school training program to help practitioners nurture children's emotional development.
An Emotionally Intelligent Approach to Managing Behaviour
An Emotionally Intelligent Approach to Managing Behaviour
Good behaviour in the classroom is clearly a prerequisite for effective teaching and learning to take place and the teacher is constantly facing the challenge of maintaining order and discipline. Children will always be testing the boundaries of acceptable behaviour and in so doing inviting the adults in their lives to maintain an environment that is safe and enables them to learn the benefits of cooperation, and of knowing that actions have consequences. Modern approaches that take a positive approach to behaviour management are compatible with the goals of emotional literacy. Accepting and valuing the emotional lives of all does not mean that destructive behaviours can be tolerated. The teacher has a ...