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Practice
Behaviour management is an important part of setting the classroom out as a place
for learning for all, it sets out clear boundaries and rules to the children which
enables them to develop positive and respectful relationships between each other.
Behaviour management also allows for the teacher to create a safe and calm
environment in which the children’s learning is secure, focused on and allows
children to adjust to a structure which they can follow and build upon their social
skills, critical thinking skills in which they think about what consequences their
actions will have. Having a successful behaviour management will lead to an
environment where all the children are focused, interested and engaged. Creating a
positive learning environment through a strong behaviour management in which the
children respect the teacher and their peers, learning will become the focus and will
be more engaging for the children and the teacher will have their full attention and
their respect.
Positive reinforcers are used to maintain good behaviour in the classroom and
control the classroom environment to maintain the learning. “The reason positive
reinforcement is important in the classroom is that it can be used to effectively
change student behaviour.” (Smith, 2017). Star of the week is a very popular way of
rewarding positive behaviour in the classroom and also highlights achievements that
the children have achieved in their learning and behaviour. School A’s policy
highlights the fact that they use the star of the week to positively encourage the
children to succeed and follow the pupil code of conduct, as well as encouraging the
children to further their learning and to push themselves to better their understanding
and learning. Skinner’s operant conditioning links into the reinforcements of a
repeating process of different conditions both positive and negative effects and
actions. “Behaviour that is followed by pleasant consequences is likely to be
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