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Anne Wilkin; Helen Moor; Jenny Murfield; Kay Kinder and Fiona Johnson
National Foundation for Educational Research

ISBN 0 7559 6266 4 (Web only publication)

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C ontents

Acknowledgements

Executive Summary

Chapter One Introduction
Background
The study
The report

Chapter Two Overview
Introduction
How serious a problem is indiscipline?
Trends and patterns
Violence in school
Influence of national policy
Summary

Part One Behaviour in the Classroom

Chapter Three Positive Behaviour in the Classroom
Introduction
How well behaved are pupils in lessons
What sort of positive behaviour is in evidence during lessons
Summary

Chapter Four Negative Behaviour in the Classroom
Introduction
How badly behaved or difficult to deal with are pupils in lessons?
What sort of negative behaviour is in evidence during lessons?
Are some classes more challenging than others?
What impact does poor behaviour in lessons have on staff, on pupils, on learning?
Summary

Part Two Behaviour Around the School and within the Local Community

Chapter Five Positive Behaviour Around the School
Introduction
How well behaved are pupils around the school?
What sort of positive behaviour is in evidence around the school?
Summary

Chapter Six Negative Behaviour Around the School and within the Local Community
Introduction
How badly behaved or difficult to deal with are pupils around school
What sort of negative behaviour is in evidence around the school
How typical is that negative behaviour?
What impact does poor behaviour around the school have on staff and pupils
Complaints about pupil behaviour from the general public, local community or the media
Violence in school
Summary

Part Three Effective Practice in Managing Behaviour

Chapter Seven Approaches to Managing Behaviour
Introduction
Approaches to encourage positive behaviour and overcome negative behaviour
Involvement of the local community in developing these strategies
Effectiveness of these approaches
Supportiveness of parents
Summary

Chapter Eight Support Available for Staff
Introduction
Local authority support
School-level support
Summary

Chapter Nine Conclusion

Annex 1 The Interview Schedules
Local authority telephone interview schedule
Case-study interview schedule for school staff
Case-study focus group schedule for school staff
Case-study focus group schedule for pupils

Annex 2 The Questionnaires

References

The views expressed in the report are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect those of the Scottish Executive or any other organisation(s) by which the author(s) is/are employed.

The Scottish Executive is making this research report available on-line in order to provide access to its contents for those interested in the subject. The Executive commissioned the research but has not exercised editorial control over the report.

This web only report is accompanied by the Insight document "Behaviour in Scottish Schools", available both on-line and in printed form.

Both reports are published by Information and Analytical Services Division, Scottish Executive Education Department, Victoria Quay, Edinburgh, EH6 6QQ. If you have any enquiries about these reports please contact the Dissemination Officer on 0131-244-0894.

Both reports were published in October 2006.

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