Teacher-Pupil Conflict in Secondary Schools (1987)

ISBN-13: 9780815379744 Publisher: Taylor & Francis Publication date: 11/21/2017 Series: Routledge Revivals Edition description: Reissue Pages: 240 Product dimensions: 6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d) Published in 1987, the central question with which this book is concerned is what can, and should, teachers do about teacher-pupil conflict in schools? Few teachers in secondary education would need to have this sort of conflict described as even if that have been fortunate enough to avoid it themselves they will know of it from staffroom discussion and from the media. In can be seen in disorderly classrooms where pupils ‘mess about’ and ‘have a laugh’, and in the bleak expression on the face of their teacher. Equally it can be detected in those classrooms where the teacher is in firm control, but where pupils gaze listlessly out of the window, or only minimally comply with work demands. It is characterized by sudden blazing temper on both sides, and also by long periods of weariness, boredom