Classroom Behaviour: A Practical Guide to Effective Teaching, Behaviour Management and Colleague Support

B. Rogers (ed): Classroom Behaviour: A Practical Guide to Effective Teaching, Behaviour Management and Colleague Support Sage, Thousand Oaks, CA, 2015

Bill Rogers reminds us in Classroom Behaviour (4th ed), of the socially oriented reciprocity of teacher and student relationships and behaviour, and the need for teachers to step up to the role of behavioural leader. As behavioural leaders teachers recognise the core rights and responsibilities of all involved and focus on behavioural ownership, they see their power as being authoritative with and not authoritarian over students, and they view consequential discipline as opportunities to repair, rebuild, and reconcile. Rogers acknowledges this very real and at times stressful aspect of classroom management and provides authentic narrations of the everyday behavioural issues and situations facing teachers in classrooms today. Theoretically sound, researched, and practical problem solving strategies and best practices are described, analysed, and validated. Throughout the book teachers are supported to proactively and respectfully manage their own behaviour and assist students to manage theirs.

Rogers illustrates the inextricable link between positive teaching styles, effective teaching, constructive relationships, and behavioural leadership. Noting that these require a teacher with a visible, confident, and enthusiastic presence he provides strategies for implementing and sustaining visibility, confidence, and enthusiasm. These include humour, warmth, and rapport, inviting and sustaining engagement, questioning and waiting, and descriptive...