Getting the Buggers to Behave

Author: Sue Cowley
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1472909224
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 249

Book Description
Part of the hit 'Getting...' series: Sue Cowley's bestselling behaviour guide is essential reading for all teachers in all schools. 'Show the students the can of dog food, open it up and then eat from it. Offer it round the class to see if anyone else will have a taste...'* This is just one of Sue Cowley's infamous ways of captivating your students, seizing control and getting that unruly class to behave! *(WARNING: Make sure you read the crucial preparation advice before putting this idea into practice!) Now in its fifth edition, Getting the Buggers to Behave remains a firm favourite with trainees, newly qualified teachers and experienced staff alike. The advice ranges from the basics of behaviour management to how to deal with the class from hell and is applicable whether you are working in the early years, primary, secondary or further education, with level-specific examples in every chapter. The book covers preparing for your first meeting with a new group of students, developing your individual teaching style, creating a positive learning environment and working in really challenging schools. Sue is famed for the practical, honest and realistic nature of her advice, and all her ideas include case studies and anecdotes based on her years of experience working as a teacher and the stories and problems she has advised on 'agony aunt' style. In this brand new edition, Sue takes a detailed look at the use of incentives for managing behaviour, considers how to implement a restorative justice approach in order to change children's behaviour and also identifies the ten most common forms of misbehaviour and how to deal with them. So, if your two-year-olds are ignoring you, your Year 11s are unmanageable, your tutor group is running riot or that unmentionable nine-year-old is driving you round the bend then this is the book for you!

Getting the Buggers to Behave

Author: Sue Cowley
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1472909232
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 249

Getting the Buggers to Think

Author: Sue Cowley
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 9780826464682
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 208

Book Description
In this unique book, Sue Cowlely provides to tips for teaching thinking in her usual approachable, witty and practical style.

The Ultimate Guide to Differentiation

Author: Sue Cowley
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1472948955
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 145

Book Description
This book is the ultimate guide to differentiation and adaptive teaching in early years, schools and further education settings by Sue Cowley, bestselling author of Getting the Buggers to Behave. It offers over 90 practical and time-saving strategies in every classroom. The Ultimate Guide to Differentiation demonstrates how teachers already differentiate and adapt their teaching much of the time, in subtle and creative ways. Sue Cowley shows that we need to understand, acknowledge and celebrate the variety of approaches that teachers already use, as well as helping them to develop additional strategies. The book takes the reader through the different methods and approaches to differentiation and adaptive teaching, providing a step-by-step guide to each. It is broken down into five core areas - planning, resources, learners, teaching and assessment - and readers can dip in and out to find strategies as and when they need them. Written in Sue's much loved realistic, honest and practical style, The Ultimate Guide to Differentiation will help teachers, practitioners and support staff to feel confident that they are meeting the needs of every learner.

The Road to Writing

Author: Sue Cowley
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 1441101985
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 193

Book Description
The Road to Writing takes early years practitioners on a journey; the journey young children make when they learn their first words and make their first marks. Sue Cowley offers activities and practical advice to inspire practitioners to try a wide range of creative approaches to improve mark making in the early years. There are ideas for building finger strength and eye-to-hand coordination, activities to help children to understand the concept of symbols and signs, and strategies for building confidence in writing and reading. You can find your way through the book by following the signposts and you'll find plenty of interesting diversions along the way to develop children's key skills and motivation. This accessible book includes bulleted lists, photographs of children writing and examples of early marks to illustrate how children's communication skills develop. Sue also gives tips on getting boys engaged in writing, and there is a companion website with downloadable resources and useful links. This book is an invaluable source of inspiration for all early years practitioners and parents of children aged 3-7.

Getting the Buggers to Write

Author: Sue Cowley
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 0826473148
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 266

Book Description
A fully updated second edition of Sue Cowley's practical guide which provides a range of effective strategies for developing children's writing in the classroom. Written with her usual practicality, humour and optimism, Sue Cowley guides colleagues through all the stages of teaching writing - from motivating students to want to write through to helping them shape, structure and correct their work. This new edition contains two new chapters: one which will be of particular interest to primary teachers and the other concentrating on ways of developing writing right across the curriculum.

Teaching Skills For Dummies

Author: Sue Cowley
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 1119996708
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 390

Book Description
Being a “good teacher” is a difficult goal to achieve, being largely dependent on a huge variety of skills outside of the main curriculum. Teaching Skills For Dummies focuses on these ‘soft’ skills of teaching, from maintaining discipline to creating engaging lesson plans and monitoring performance. This essential guide promises to help teachers gain the respect of their pupils, manage potential confrontations and ultimately get the best out of both their careers and their students. Teaching Skills For Dummies includes information on: Developing Your Teaching Style Teaching a Class Managing a Class Dealing with Different Kinds of People Succeeding Beyond the Classroom “Don’t let the title fool you; this is an essential guide and resource for any aspiring teacher. Sue Cowley uses her experience and insight to provide a comprehensive and informative resource, packed with excellent advice and brilliant suggestions for making both teaching and learning effective. A must for any teacher’s bookshelf!” - Peter Hadfield, Principal lecturer in Education, University of Bedfordshire

Letting the Buggers Be Creative

Author: Sue Cowley
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 9780826473349
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 166

Book Description
Presents teaching strategies to foster creative thinking in students.

Managing Behaviour in the Early Years

Author: Janet Kay
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 0826484654
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 206

Book Description
A practical guide for early years practitioners on managing children's behaviour in childcare and early years settings. Filled with tips and suggestions on how practitioners can help children to learn, the author demonstrates how positive methods encourage the development of appropriate behaviour.

When the Adults Change, Everything Changes

Author: Paul Dix
Publisher: Crown House Publishing Ltd
ISBN: 1781352895
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 256

Book Description
You can buy in the best behaviour tracking software, introduce 24/7 detentions or scream 'NO EXCUSES' as often as you want but ultimately the solution lies with the behaviour of the adults. It is the only behaviour over which we have absolute control. Drawing on anecdotal case studies, scripted interventions and approaches which have been tried and tested in a range of contexts, from the most challenging urban comprehensives to the most privileged international schools, behaviour training expert and Pivotal Education director Paul Dix advocates an inclusive approach that is practical, transformative and rippling with respect for staff and learners. An approach in which behavioural expectations and boundaries are exemplified by people, not by a thousand rules that nobody can recall. When the Adults Change, Everything Changes illustrates how, with their traditional sanction- and exclusion-led methods, the 'punishment brigade' are losing the argument. It outlines how each school can build authentic practice on a stable platform, resulting in shifts in daily rules and routines, in how we deal with the angriest learners, in restorative practice and in how we appreciate positive behaviour. Each chapter is themed and concludes with three helpful checklists Testing, Watch out for and Nuggets designed to help you form your own behaviour blueprint. Throughout the book both class teachers and school leaders will find indispensable advice about how to involve all staff in developing a whole school ethos built on kindness, empathy and understanding. Suitable for all head teachers, school leaders, teachers, NQTs and classroom assistants in any phase or context, including SEND and alternative provision settings who are looking to upgrade their own classroom management or school behaviour plan. When the Adults Change Everything Changes was a silver winner 2017 Foreword INDIES Awardsin the Education category. Named one of Book Authority's best education reform books of all time. Named one of Book Authority's best education books of all time. Click here to read the review on Humanising Language Teaching. Click here to read the review on Schools Week. Click here to read the review on 'Saved You a Spot' blog. Click here to learn more about When the adults change, everything changes.