Breaktime in the school is a period when pupils learn social skills they will need in the world outside. But it can also be an occasion for aggression, harassment and bullying. Breaktime and the School gives an accessible account of the latest research into children's play and behaviour. The contributors show how an understanding of the area can inform practical action in designing an environment which encourages positive behaviour, in effective management and supervision, and in involving the children themselves in decision-making and conflict resolution. Staff in primary and...
Breaktime in the school is a period when pupils learn social skills they will need in the world outside. But it can also be an occasion for aggression...
Based on a study of pupils from primary to secondary school, the author of this work proposes an alternative view. He believes that breaktime plays an important part in children's social development, and through his gathering of pupil's own views on breaktimes over a period of ten years, we see how breaktimes offer children time to play, to develop friendships, to build social networks, to develop social skills and competence, to be independent from adults, and to learn to manage conflict, aggression and inter-group relations. Where else will they learn these important skills if not in the...
Based on a study of pupils from primary to secondary school, the author of this work proposes an alternative view. He believes that breaktime plays an...
Based on a study of pupils from primary to secondary school, the author of this work proposes an alternative view. He believes that breaktime plays an important part in children's social development, and through his gathering of pupil's own views on breaktimes over a period of ten years, we see how breaktimes offer children time to play, to develop friendships, to build social networks, to develop social skills and competence, to be independent from adults, and to learn to manage conflict, aggression and inter-group relations. Where else will they learn these important skills if not in the...
Based on a study of pupils from primary to secondary school, the author of this work proposes an alternative view. He believes that breaktime plays an...
This key text examines the impact of teaching assistants on pupils learning, and provides a conceptually and empirically strong explanatory framework that shows teachers and student teachers how teaching assistants can be better deployed.
This key text examines the impact of teaching assistants on pupils learning, and provides a conceptually and empirically strong explanatory framewo...
This book offers a challenge to traditional approaches to classroom teaching and pedagogy. The SPRinG (Social Pedagogic Research into Groupwork) project, part of a larger research programme on teaching and learning funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), was developed to enhance the learning potential of pupils working in classroom groups by actively involving teachers in a programme designed to raise levels of group work during typical classroom learning activities. Internationally, the SPRinG project is the largest evaluation of effective group working methods in...
This book offers a challenge to traditional approaches to classroom teaching and pedagogy. The SPRinG (Social Pedagogic Research into Groupwork) proje...
What is the nature of children's social life in school? How do their relationships and interactions with peers, teachers and other school staff influence their development and experience of school? This book, written by leading researchers in educational and developmental psychology, provides answers to these questions by offering an integrated perspective on children's social interactions and relationships with their peers and teachers in school. Peer interactions in school have tended to be underestimated by educationalists, and this book redresses the balance...
What is the nature of children's social life in school? How do their relationships and interactions with peers, teachers and other...
What is the nature of children's social life in school? How do their relationships and interactions with peers, teachers and other school staff influence their development and experience of school? This book, written by leading researchers in educational and developmental psychology, provides answers to these questions by offering an integrated perspective on children's social interactions and relationships with their peers and teachers in school. Peer interactions in school have tended to be underestimated by educationalists, and this book redresses the balance...
What is the nature of children's social life in school? How do their relationships and interactions with peers, teachers and other...
Teaching assistants are an integral part of classroom life, yet pioneering research by the authors has shown schools are not making the most of this valued resource. Evidence shows the more support pupils receive from TAs, the less academic progress they made. Yet the reason for this has little to do with TAs. It is decisions made about them by school leaders and teachers that best explain this provocative finding.
The fully updated second edition of this book draws on the experiences of schools that have put this guidance into action via the Maximising the Impact...
Teaching assistants are an integral part of classroom life, yet pioneering research by the authors has shown schools are not making the most of thi...
Drawing upon developmental psychological, social psychological and classroom research, this book develops a new social pedagogic approach to classroom learning, with a stress on group work, which will be of interest to researchers, teachers and policy-makers.
Drawing upon developmental psychological, social psychological and classroom research, this book develops a new social pedagogic approach to classroom...