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Surviving and Succeeding in Difficult Classrooms
Product Group: Book
Publisher: Routledge Falmer (1998-04-30)
ISBN: 0415185238
EAN: 9780415185233
Dewy Decimal #: 371.930941
Paperback: 140 pages
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Customer Reviews
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Wake up call for inner-City teachers and educationalists
Rating  (4)
Date: 2004-08-05
2 out of 2 customers found this reveiw helpful
If you are about to work in an inner-City secondary school, or even thinking about it, then get this book. Hopefully, it won't put you off the intense satisfaction that can be found in teaching in difficult and challenging inner-City schools. Instead, it should prepare you for the worst and at the same time provide some ideas for maintaining your sanity.Incidentally, this book should be read more widely than just by teachers. I suspect Joe Public would shake his head in disbelief at the description of some of the worst types of behaviour referred to in this book. Sad to say, it is true of all inner-City schools, and alarmingly, increasingly of all secondary schools. I think I may send my copy to Charles Clarke with a recommendation that he reads it before opening his mouth again on any subject to do with education in the UK. Blum does not have a magic bullet but he does provide a realistic and pragmatic framework of ideas to cope with the commonest behavioural problems you will encounter. He is frank that his advice is probably counter to prevailing wisdom from 'above' but as he never fails to point out most of the educational establishment and management do not have to do the work in the trenches and are therefore removed from the reality of teaching in challenging environments. The book starts with a checklist of behavioural issues and this technique is used several times to deliver commentary and advice. The book is divided into two parts - the classroom experience and the wider school environment. For my part, I found that by revealing the innermost secret fears and feelings of a teacher in a similar situation to myself I discovered that I am not alone and that I am mostly doing the right things. With this book, hopefully, you will discover the same.
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A must for NQTs and experienced teachers
Rating  (5)
Date: 2001-11-12
7 out of 7 customers found this reveiw helpful
I work in a difficult school and I really felt good to know that our school is not the only one with behaviour problems. It is alarmingly accurate and true. It helped me keep my job as I was going through a difficult stage even though I have been teaching for a while. It is also full of wonderful ideas to keep the little devils going.A book to be read and reread.L Bunting
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Must be read by all teachers
Rating (5)
Date: 2001-04-12
8 out of 8 customers found this reveiw helpful
I had just begun supply teaching and I was looking for an easy to read manual on how to deal with difficult classes. Paul Blum listed all of the adverse behaviours I had encountered from my previous weeks teaching. I particularly liked the emphasis he placed on reinforcing positive behaviour and the methods he recommended. This helped me focus on those kids who were behaving well and starved those who were misbehaving of my attention. I look forward to Paul's next book.
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The Bible for NQTs!
Rating (5)
Date: 2001-02-05
5 out of 5 customers found this reveiw helpful
I wish I had been recommended this book during my teaching practice.It is a must. It offers loads of practical, realistic advice and can restore your self-worth after a terrible day in the classroom.It is particularly honest in the approach it offers to what is achievable in the inner city classroom, despite the demands of teacher training courses and Ofsted.
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Outstanding - a must for any teacher, especially NQTs
Rating (5)
Date: 1999-06-29
9 out of 9 customers found this reveiw helpful
This is perhaps the most informative text on classroom management, of what is starting to become a key issue for many teachers - disaffected students. Blunt, honest and directional, this is a book that MUST be read and offered to all ITT students prior to teaching!
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