Module Eight: Effective Teaching and Learning and Behaviour Management Part 2

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Module Eight Effective Teaching and Learning
and Behaviour ManagementPart 2

• Susan OShaughnessy
• School Management Advisor

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Objectives of the Module

• To illustrate how failing to match the content
  of teaching to the ability of students may cause
  poor behaviour in the classroom.
• To look at establishing a shared value system
  and behaviour policy throughout the school to
  establish how we expect students, teachers and
  others how to behave.
• To look at a positive reward system and discuss
  the need for sanctions.
• To look at different strategies for creating a
  supportive ethos within the school. ( circle
  time, circle of friends, buddy system)
• To look at the importance of giving children a
  voice and responsibility. ( school council)

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Discussion points following the activity
Why do you think that was so?
How did you feel when you were doing them?
Discussion Points
Were the tasks easy, just right or too difficult?
After completing them?
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Values and Expectations
A typical Maldivian school will aim To develop
the child intellectually and spiritually and to
train, develop and instill the skills necessary
for him/her to function as an individual and a
member of the Islamic Maldivian Society in a
responsible manner, useful to self, family and
Nation.(FoE training module Education
Society II The Aim of Maldivian Primary
Education) The values of the school are not just
about what we teach but how we teach it and how
students learn. The values of the school can be
seen/observed in the quality of relationships,
and in the attitude of the students towards
school.We all model our value system thorough
the way we behave. Look at the way we are dressed
for example. Do we dress the same when we go
fishing or clean the house? What sort of values
do we want students to learn?
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The values of a typical school may include the
following
honesty
TOLERANCE
Trust
SELF_ESTEEM
Consideration
RESPECT
Co-operation
Fairness
PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY
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Individual Statement
In our school we believe that we.. This
statement could be the starting point for
reaching an agreement in school with staff
children and parents regarding the core values
and how we expect students to behave in school.
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Classroom Rules devising them and gaining
agreement
CLASSROOM RULES
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Involving the children and developing their
social skills
Circle Time
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Involving the children and developing their
social skills
Circle of friends
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Involving the children and developing their
social skills
The Buddy System
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Involving the children and developing their
social skills
The School Council
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Any Questions
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