DEVELOPING A CULTURE FOR POSITIVE BEHAVIOUR MANAGEMENT

Abstract

Positive behaviour management is high on the education agenda. This paper will describe the relationship between organisational culture and positive behaviour management. As an example of good practice the authors highlight a secondary Pupil Referral Unit which has undergone a significant change over the last three years leading to an enhanced ability to support, re‐direct and sustain the education of disaffected pupils. Many of the principles discussed are also considered to be of relevance to mainstream education.

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Notes on contributors

Wendy Grundy

Wendy Grundy has worked in the secondary, further and special education sectors. Currently she is Deputy Head of Aylesbury Vale Secondary Support Centre in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire [a secondary pupil referral unit]. Her main research interest is behaviour management.

Sonia Blandford

Sonia Blandford is currently the Deputy Head of the School of Education, Oxford Brookes University. She is the author of “Managing Discipline in Schools”, published by Routledge (1998).