Problem Behaviour in the Secondary School
eBook - ePub

Problem Behaviour in the Secondary School

A Systems Approach

  1. 192 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Problem Behaviour in the Secondary School

A Systems Approach

About this book

First published in 1981. The inadequacy of traditional 'solutions' is nowhere more apparent than in the area of problem behaviour in secondary schools. Neither tough-minded punishment nor tender-minded treatment seems to be the answer. But the practical failure is also a theoretical one, since it misconstrues the determinants of behaviour.

Taking a system perspective, Bill Gillham argues in his introductory chapter that 'our conception of the individual has been too narrow', so that both treatment and punishment approaches have missed out important elements in an adequate psychology of individuals: the roles they fill, the tasks they perform, the people they encounter – and the institutional settings where all these are experienced.

Drawing together a wide range of theory, evidence and practice, the present book makes out a case for a school-centred, interactionist, approach to dealing with problem behaviour.

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Information

Year
2018
eBook ISBN
9780429994968
Edition
1

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Original Title Page
  6. Original Copyright Page
  7. Table of Contents
  8. Prefatory Note
  9. 1 Rethinking the Problem
  10. 2 Systems Theory and its Relevance to Schools
  11. 3 The Effects of School: A Radical Faith Re-Stated
  12. 4 Differences Between Schools: The Implications for School Practice
  13. 5 The Range of Solutions: A Critical Analysis
  14. 6 Treatment Under Attack
  15. 7 Withdrawal Units and the Psychology of Problem Behaviour
  16. 8 One School’s Experience
  17. 9 Confrontation Situations and Teacher-Support Systems
  18. 10 Analysing a School System: A Practical Exercise
  19. 11 Institutional Change or Individual Change? an Overview
  20. References
  21. Contributor
  22. Index