Managing Behaviour for Learning Course - STEM Learning Centre
FutureLearn
Key Information
Campus location
Online United Kingdom
Languages
English
Study format
Distance Learning
Duration
5 weeks
Pace
Part time
Tuition fees
USD 89 / per course *
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Introduction
Transform your classroom management by building trust and improving behaviour, with this CPD-certified course for teachers.
Discover how behaviour management skills can help you and your students
By effectively managing behaviour in the classroom, your students will benefit and you’ll enjoy your teaching more.
In this course, you’ll explore how your own behaviour influences your students’, and learn how to control your emotional responses when you’re interacting in the classroom. You’ll discover the latest techniques in classroom management and develop your capability to achieve consistency.
You’ll also learn how to properly recognise positive behaviour from your students and build trust in your classroom. You’ll be supported by other teachers experienced in behaviour management.
When would you like to start?
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Who will you learn with?
Paul Dix
I trained at Homerton College, Cambridge and have taught, managed, and succeeded in a wide range of schools and colleges in challenging circumstances. I co-founded Pivotal Education in 2001.
Who developed the course?
National STEM Learning Centre
The National STEM Learning Centre provides world-class professional development activities and resources to support the teaching of STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) subjects.
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Curriculum
What topics will you cover?
- Managing your own behaviour to influence theirs.
- Using rules and routines to achieve consistency.
- Intelligent use of recognition to motivate students.
- Reducing friction when students behave badly.
- Reparation and restorative practice.
Program Outcome
What will you achieve?
By the end of the course, you‘ll be able to:
- Assess how your own behaviour influences the behaviour of your students.
- Apply rules and routines to achieve consistency.
- Apply recognition intelligently to motivate students.
- Demonstrate how to reduce friction when students behave badly.
- Develop reparation and restorative practice.
Ideal Students
Who is the course for?
Managing Behaviour for Learning is a continuing professional development (CPD) course designed for teachers of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) subjects, focusing mainly on the context of UK secondary schools and colleges.
Although the course draws from examples experienced in the UK, the material covered is relevant to an international audience and to non-STEM teachers.