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• Choice Theory And Behaviour Management

  Behaviour management and behaviour for learning are generally geared towards the safety of all key stakeholders in the classroom, but also towards an environment conducive to learning. As teachers are well aware, challenging behaviour can and does affect learners’ educational opportunities, the...

• Speaking With Children

  In her book 'Tout est Langage' (All is Language) the French paediatrician and psychoanalyst Fançoise Dolto, who bases her work on a fundamental belief in the importance of speech, gives this lovely example of the way she responds to a child's demand for sweets: "I want to illustrate something...

• Growth vs Fixed Mindset ^{Editor's Pick}

  A fixed mindset is a major barrier to learning for any student. It is the belief that one's ability as a learner is 'fixed' and unchangeable, regardless of effort or practice put in. For the best results academically, it is vital that a growth mindset is fostered in students. This is achieved...

• Anxiety When Learning, For A Child With SEN

  A student with SEN participating in a learning task finds it uneasy, and feels they are taking a risk. Learning makes the pupil feel threatened and susceptible to failure, feelings of weakness and inadequacy, all of which can produce anxiety. Students with an education health care plan (EHCP)...

• Special Needs of Students often Missed in Schools ^{Editor's Pick}

  Dyslexia The modern trend in education is to place the vast majority of dyslexic pupils in mainstream schools. However it is clear from research that youngsters struggle with daily routines, and face teachers in the academic environment who are not always sympathetic or simply do not know how to...

• To home school or not to home school? ^{Editor's Pick}

  For the past year I have been having a debate with myself about whether or not to home school my 7 year old daughter. I have two children, my daughter and my son who is 5. Both are extremely different in every way. When my daughter started in Reception, I had all the same highs and lows as any...