Reducing disruptive behaviours and improving classroom behavioural climate with class‐wide positive behaviour support in middle schools

Disruptive behaviour in classrooms is a significant challenge for learning in schools and a risk factor for students’ academic achievement and a significant source of teachers’ work‐related stress. Earlier research shows that clear behavioural expectations, monitoring students’ adherence to them and behaviour‐specific praise are effective practices to reduce disruptive behaviour. Although behaviour problems are common in middle schools, most of the interventions have been developed and studied in elementary schools. This randomised study evaluated the effects of a class‐wide intervention on classroom behavioural climate and disruptive behaviour, on teacher‐experienced stress and on the time needed for behaviour management in middle school. The classes were selected for intervention by their teachers on the basis of poor behavioural climate. The intervention was based on teachers’ cooperation; they collectively agreed on clear behavioural expectations, used positive feedback and, if needed, applied consequences in response to high rates of disruptive behaviour. The results indicated medium to large effects on classroom behavioural climate according to teachers’ evaluations, and somewhat more inconsistent effects on classroom behavioural climate according to student evaluations and in the time needed for behaviour management. The behavioural climate of the classes remained at a constant level during the follow‐up. The intervention was well accepted by teachers and students. The results suggest that an easily applicable intervention may produce significant improvements in classroom behavioural climate in middle schools.     

Effectiveness of the Coping Power Program in middle‐school children with disruptive behaviours and hyperactivity difficulties

The purpose of this article is to discuss the effectiveness of the Coping Power Program (CPP); an evidence‐based treatment delivered in a group format to at‐risk middle‐school children. Initially, two groups were randomised and formed: an intervention group of 24 CPP sessions and a control group. All students were enrolled in public schools from two rural counties in the United States. Out of the 119 total participants 63 (37 male) were in the intervention and 56 (35 male) were in the control group. From the larger intervention group, a subset of students was identified as ‘significantly improved’. Using the Behavior Assessment Scale for Children‐2 (BASC‐2), a pre‐ and post‐intervention measure showed that students with clinically significant hyperactivity and behavioural difficulties scores were the most sensitive to the group intervention.     

School reform for positive behaviour support through collaborative learning: utilising lesson study for a learning community

Recent research has emphasised educating children about positive behaviours to overcome delinquency issues, but there is little clarification of what factors lead to positive behaviours. This study analyses factors that led to children’s positive behaviours at a junior high school in Japan, which experienced a dramatic turnaround after implementing school reform using Lesson Study for Learning Community (LSLC). In this study, the results of a mixed-methods analysis show that if children receive psychological support they are likely to psychologically support others and, similarly, those who receive concrete help tend to offer concrete help to others. To foster learning cultures in which this happens, it is critical to engage the entire school in appropriate changes: for example, teachers’ positive attitudes towards children and learning are important factors encouraging children to support others.     

职校生问题行为的心理探析及矫正

职校生心理问题分为理想类、交往类、情感类等。这些问题通过异常行为表现出来。心理问题产生的根源有家庭因素、社会因素、教育因素等。教师要遵循"爱、导、严、鼓"四字方针,将心理健康教育纳入到常规的教学中,扮好"心理医生"的角色。     

Working with schools in identifying and overcoming emotional barriers to learning

This paper reports a case study on working closely with a secondary school, to enhance understanding of disruptive behaviour, through the use of bespoke Continuing Professional Development (CPD) materials. This project evolved from the researchers’ previous research on the extent to which teachers believe disruptive pupils can control their behaviour. A notable finding was the sizeable minority of teachers in both primary and secondary schools who appear to be unaware of the psychological underpinnings of disruptive behaviour. That is, that such behaviour frequently communicates unresolved emotional needs, rather than wilful defiance. The current project aims to develop, implement and evaluate CPD resources developed by the researchers, for a one-day staff training day at a secondary school in north England. Prior to training, school staff completed a questionnaire to “audit” their perceptions of disruptive behaviour in school. Following evaluation, the CPD materials will be made available to other schools. It is anticipated that the materials will enable greater mutual understanding and respect for the ways in which disruptive behaviour is perceived by practitioners and school staff. Moreover, they will provide an urgently needed means of facilitating a shared knowledge base and a shared language for addressing emotional barriers to learning.     

论我国中小学环境教育内容

中小学环境教育是我国环境基础教育的一个重要组成部分。中小学环境教育的课程内容包括三个方面：环境知识技能、环境意识、环境规范，并且中学和小学环境教育内容应该各有侧重，形成系统性和层次性。     

改善待遇充电进修定期流动——提高农村中小学教师素质的深度思考

要提高我国农村中小学教师的素质,关键在于提高他们的物质生活待遇,让他们摆脱长期的贫困状态;让他们尽快从繁重的教学事务中解脱出来,有闲暇时间学习充电;改革传统的教育教学评价制度,让教师积极行动起来;改革传统的教师培训制度,让教师主动去进修提高;加大全国城镇教师支援农村中小学教育的力度,建立教师定期流动制度,让教师定期合理流动,以避免职业倦怠,激发他们的工作热情.     

农村中学英语口语教学现状及策略的探讨——以淮南市农村中学为例

在农村中学开展送课下乡、教学视导等教研活动中,发现不少英语教师很少用英语组织教学,对学生"说"的技能的培训时间也很有限。学生在课堂上表现得很害羞,不愿张口。就这一现象展开调研,以淮南市潘集区高皇中学为试验点,以课题研究的形式带领教研组进行探索和研究,以期为提高农村中学英语口语教学专科寻找方法。     

课程组织与香港初中语文教学效率初探

检视中国香港语科教学现状，发现赞成语学习效率低下的主要原因在于教学目标不明确，教学设计不合理，范教学效率低下等。优化课程组织成为提高香港初中语教学效率的一条有效途径，其中单元教学以其独具的特点与优势列于优化课程组织的重要地位。     

Investigating the effect of school‐wide positive behavioral interventions and supports on student learning and behavioral problems in elementary and middle schools

Many states have scaled up School‐Wide Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (SW‐PBIS) with the goal of improving student behavior and academic outcomes. Although the effects of SW‐PBIS on behavioral and discipline outcomes have been promising, the findings for academic achievement have been inconclusive and are often limited to cross‐sectional data. This paper examined the longitudinal effect of SW‐PBIS on student behavioral problems and academic achievement growth in elementary and middle schools using propensity score matching. We found no statistically significant longitudinal effects of SW‐PBIS on either student behavior problems or academic achievement among elementary and middle schools in this quasi‐experimental design, even though the positive direction of longitudinal changes would be identified. The result raised questions about the efficacy of SW‐PBIS using a statewide achievement test when scaled up to a state level. Additional research is needed to better understand the impact of SW‐PBIS using rigorous scale‐up designs.     

初中语文综合性学习得失谈

语文综合性学习被写入课程标准之中充分体现了语文学科的基本目标，即全面提高学生的语文综合素养，文章就此分析了开展语文综合性学习的成功得失。     

中小学网管人员能力移转模式探析

本研究主要在于探讨能力移转理论,分析情境再现、内在动力与能力移转之关系。以中小学内从事网络管理的教师或工作人员为研究对象,采用皮尔森（Pearson）积差相关与复回归分析。以分层抽样方式获得有效问卷129份。所得结果如下：①不同性别的网管人员基本能力没有显着差异。情境再现与能力移转程度呈现正相关：②个人内在动力对能力移转的程度有预测作用。其中以成就感、兴趣与自我效能最具代表性,而以自我效能为最重要因素;③个人应内在动力而产生能力移转的程度较大,亦即情境再现与内在动力两者相较,内在动力的相关因素是较能预测能力移转的项目。     

皖西地区中学英语教学现状调查与反思

皖西地区中学英语教师总体素质偏低,好差教师分布不均匀;许多教师的教育观念落后、科研意识淡泊、教法陈旧,学法指导未引起应有的重视,学生英语学习环境偏差.为此,须从教师的职前培养、职后培训及学校教学设施建设等方面寻求改进.     

Usefulness of cognitive intervention programmes for socio-emotional and behaviour problems in children with learning disabilities

Behavioural and emotional problems occur more frequently in children with learning problems than in a cross-section of the general population, both at home and at school. While behaviour problems reportedly are a key obstructive factor impeding inclusive education, children with both behavioural and learning disabilities carry a high risk of social exclusion and school dropout when they are in mainstream environments. Meta-analyses indicated only a moderate impact of social skills training. To see what kind of intervention programme would be effective in modifying cognitive as well as socio-emotional behaviour and at the same time focusing on contextual interaction and intervention, a pilot study has been carried out in Belgium with 11–13-year-old students with learning disability and behaviour problems in special schools. A total of 24 children in the experimental group were matched against a control group of 24. Children in the experimental group, after having received 14 lessons of FIE (Feuerstein's Instrumental Enrichment Programme), showed a marked increase in some cognitive functions (hypothetical thinking, perception and understanding of humour) but not in others. A significant effect on socio-emotional behaviour could not be shown quantitatively, but was evident from qualitative interviewing. The mediating attitude of the teachers was a key influencing factor in producing lasting changes. Programmes such as FIE, provided they address children as well as teachers in a comprehensive way, focusing on cognitive as well as socio-emotional behavioural changes, may become powerful instruments to help children as well as teachers in a highly differentiated inclusive school environment.     

新课程背景下的中学体育德育评价理论研究

中学体育德育评价是体育德育不可缺少的组成部分,它对学生德育素质的发展起着定向、调节、激励、内省、肯定等多种促进作用。传统的体育德育评价存在着过于重视德育认知评价,而忽视体育德育实践评价的倾向。这种评价观违背了体育德育本质上是一种实践性教育的特性,不能有效地推动学生的体育德育实践,造成中学生德育的畸形发展,乃至双重人格现象大量存在。因此,新课程改革呼唤新的体育德育评价理论。     

略论中学政治课的改革与高师政教专业的任务

本文阐述了当前中学政治课改革的历史过程和基本特点,论述了高师政教专业的改革要从服务方向、思想教育、导次设置、教学内容、教学等方面主动适应中学政治课改革的需要。     

综合实践活动课程实施给中学图书馆的发展带来的机遇和挑战

综合实践活动课程是新课改的一个亮点。本文从理论上论证了课程实施给中学图书馆带来的机遇和挑战,然后通过调查得出的数据揭示中学图书馆的利用现状,对图书馆的发展提出改进意见和建议。     

贵州省中小学布局调整现状分析及其对策选择

摘要：运用贵州省基础教育数据对贵州省中小学布局调整的现状进行了分析,提出了优化配置学前教育资源和农村小学教育资源布局,实现农村学校结构调整,促进区域教育均衡发展等对策选择,为贵州省在实施中小学布局结构调整中更加趋于科学合理提供参考。