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How being positive can improve behaviour management, help learners learn better, and make teachers happier in the classroom.

Month: May 2016

Written by strictlypositiveblogMay 2, 2016February 8, 2019

How to start out as a positive teacher

Focus on the positives – don’t mention the road! Treat someone as if they were the way you want them to be. “If you treat an individual as he is, he will remain as he is. But if you treat him as if he were what he ought to be and what he could be, […]

Written by strictlypositiveblogMay 2, 2016February 8, 2019

Finnish schools succeed by prioritising happiness.

Why are we not emulating this system? Are we too hung up on a 1950s style agenda and a rigid, frozen National Curriculum?   http://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/why-are-finlands-schools-successful-49859555/    

Written by strictlypositiveblogMay 2, 2016September 4, 2018

Managing Behaviour before the first student walks though the door…

“Failing to plan is planning to fail.” I was in business for a few years before I came into education, and I have a lot of these little aphorisms to hand. But this one is spot on. Many battles are won and lost in the planning phase, and I’m not just talking here about lesson […]

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