With half the school year over it’s a good time to reflect on how things are progressing with our students. Engagement is the key factor for minimising behavioural outbursts. I was reminded of the need for a bit of levity and power sharing in the student-teacher relationship with these findings on communication style.
Students who have experienced trauma and chaos in their home lives have specific learning needs. These are challenging students and many of them have suffered
Teacher quality is one factor in education over which schools have influence whereas student factors and socio economic conditions are largely immutable. John Hattie,
