Perspectives on Student Behaviour in Schools: Exploring Theory and Developing Practice

The authors of this comprehensive text discuss the root causes of disruptive behavior, tackle assessment issues and develop effective intervention strategies that will be of practical use to teachers and other educators. While theroising behavior managment from a range of perspective: psychodynamic, behavioral and scio-cultural, the authors remain firmly focussed on practical issues of policy making, assessment and intervention and addtress a wide range of related isssues, such as: policy in relation to behavior in school at local, national and international level; cultural concerns, particularly race, ethnicity, school discipline and exclusion; medicale persectives of topical interest such as AD/HD, autism and diet; assessment at district, community, classroom and individual level and how these underpin theory. This book will appeal to anyone for whom behavior in school is a key concern, including student teachers, teacher educators, senior school managers and practising teachersundertaking further study inthe field

Mere Berryman is Manager of the Ministry of Education, Poutama Pounamu Education Research and Development Centre, New Zealand.