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Disruptive behaviour in schools

Name(s):

Misbehaviour in schools

Lack of school discipline

Indiscipline in schools

Unruly school children

Incidence

In the UK in 1992 it was reported that children from middle class homes were forming a new class of unruly school pupils. Some parents abdicate responsibility. Most troublemakers still come from insecure social backgrounds.

Claim

Children spoilt beyond redemption increasingly consider that they can do what they like in schools in the knowledge that they can rely on over-indulgent parents for unreserved support.

Broader

Disrespect for teachers

Disordered behaviour in children

Disruptive behaviour in institutions

Aggravates

Vandalism

Departure of good teachers ^{[in 2 loops]}

Exclusion of students from schools

Aggravated by

Maladjusted children

Parental favouritism

Bad-mannered children

Undisciplined children

Inadequate teacher training

Oppositional defiant disorder

Excessive student-teacher ratio

Dependence on untrained volunteer teachers

Unfruitful communication between student and teacher

Strategy(ies)

Fostering practical teaching know-how

Reducing disruptive behaviour in schools

Value(s)

Reference(s)

Golman and Coghill: Disruptive Behaviour in Schools: causes, treatment and prevention

Wolfgang, Charles H and Glickman, Carl D: Solving Discipline Problems: strategies for classroom teachers

Karnes, Elizabeth L, et al: Discipline in Our Schools: an annotated bibliography

American Association of School Administrators: Student Discipline: problems and solutions

Gagne, Eve E: School Behavior and School Discipline: coping with deviant behavior in the schools

Williams, Robert B and Venturini, Joseph L: School Vandalism: cause and cure

Deitz, Samuel M and Hummel, John H: Discipline in the Schools: a guide to reducing misbehaviour

Type

(E) Emanations of other problems

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