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"It's all about relationships"

Nov 11, 2018 | Category: behaviour

Every now and then I come across the argument that the success or failure of a teacher is due to the quality of their relationships with students. Poor behaviour? Ineffective lessons? "It's all about...

#behaviour #Thomas Hobbes

Is our behaviour a choice?

Sep 29, 2016 | Category: behaviour

Arguments about free will date back to ancient Greece, but the scientific consensus now tends towards the belief that free will is an illusion. It's become an article of faith in the life sciences tha...

#behaviour #Reading #free will

Should everyone follow the rules?

Sep 08, 2016 | Category: behaviour

I've never liked being told what to do. I'm not a great team player and I struggle with authority. I've always chafed at constraints and, as I get older, I've become increasingly aware that what I use...

#behaviour #no excuses #punishment #rules

See it, own it: how to destroy a school

Aug 31, 2015 | Category: behaviour

I went for a coffee with a former colleague a few days ago and inevitably, after some small talk, the conversation turned to a discussion of his school. He started off by confiding that the GCSE resul...

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'No excuses' is no excuse

May 13, 2015 | Category: behaviour

We have forty million reasons for failure, but not a single excuse. Rudyard Kipling I was a bit taken aback at the vigour and vitriol with which some people condemned Michaela School's approach to b...

#behaviour #Michaela School #Looked After Children