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As a worker and a dad I'm all for flexible working hours and surely that must mean flexible learning hours. Sometimes school staff operate as if in a bubble; unaware that the majority of the working population don't have school holidays, and are hap…
I quite agree Mike- sensitive management allows a space for change that it absent when blame and guilt are the driving forces. I'm a big fan of Jenny Mosely's quality circle time approach (for adults too) because like any new habit, it takes learnin…
It's a good point to raise and I think it all belongs under the heading of 'rewarding bad behaviour' which is commonly heard among the 'old school', punitive, revenge-based folk who still think they have an emotionally literate approach to working w…
We face dilemmas every day- a pupil steals something then owns up; does praising the confession reinforce the stealing behaviour? and so on and so forth. This kind of dilemma splits staff and can lead to inconsistency if left alone. I visited a prim…
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We face dilemmas every day- a pupil steals something then owns up; does praising the confession reinforce the stealing behaviour? and so on and so forth. This kind of dilemma splits staff and can lead to inconsistency if left alone. I visited a primary school recently whether this very issue had created huge debate and controversy- by opening up the channels for open and honest debate, a consensus was reached that telling the truth was seen as a good thing so should be encouraged.
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Posted on February 22, 2009 at 2:54pm — 2 Comments
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- At 1:39pm on February 22, 2009,
Mike Temple said…
- Hi Richard
Good to see you here - look forward to you joining in the conversations
Mike
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