Teaching isn»t all about teaching; new teachers quickly realise that they need to be lion tamers too. Controlling a class isn»t something that comes naturally to everyone — but it can be learned.
This no-nonsense guide tells teachers what the teacher training didn»t, and offers instant strategies for dealing with the most common, and extreme, classroom scenarios.
Using his experiences of teaching in inner-city schools, as Behaviour Guru on the TES advice forum and working as a nightclub bouncer, Tom Bennett helps teachers, old and new, to assert their authority in the classroom.