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Clements, Thomas; Harding, Emma – Educational Psychology in Practice, 2023
Despite evidence for the importance of playtime for children, the use of the withdrawal of playtime is a sanction that is used throughout schools in the UK. In light of this, there have been recent arguments highlighting the need to explore alternatives to this sanction in order to protect opportunities for playtime. This exploratory action…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Play, Recess Breaks, Behavior Problems
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Bethany Hodgkiss; Emma Harding – Educational Psychology in Practice, 2024
Physical restraint is a restrictive practice used in schools, but there are no up-to-date statistics concerning the frequency of its usage in England and there are concerns as to whether it is being used appropriately and effectively. Pupils with special educational needs are more likely to experience physical restraint in school, but…
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, Elementary School Students, Special Schools, Student Attitudes
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Dean, Rebecca; Gibbs, Simon – Educational Psychology in Practice, 2023
Pupils' behaviour can affect teacher morale, attrition, and exclusions. Teachers' efficacy beliefs can serve as a protective factor against stress and burnout. This study examined a possible association between teachers' collective efficacy (CE) beliefs and exclusion rates, and whether student-teacher relationships (STRs) affected CE beliefs and…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Student Behavior, Behavior Problems, Teacher Student Relationship
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Prickett, Hayley; Hayes, Ben – Educational Psychology in Practice, 2023
This exploratory study employed mixed-methods to investigate outcomes associated with an online self-determination theory (SDT) based teacher professional development (PD) intervention, and explored teachers' perspectives about re-engaging students following COVID-19. Participants were 33 secondary school teachers from across England and Wales.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary School Teachers, Faculty Development, Self Determination
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Swinson, J.; Knight, R. – Educational Psychology in Practice, 2007
There is a body of evidence that has linked teachers' verbal feedback to pupils with pupil behaviour. In this study teacher verbal behaviour that was directed towards those pupils that the teachers had nominated as being especially difficult to teach was examined. A series of lessons was observed in a secondary school. The quality and quantity of…
Descriptors: Feedback, Foreign Countries, Grade 8, Classroom Communication
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Jones, Raya A. – Educational Psychology in Practice, 2003
This paper presents a critique of the educational model of emotional and behavioural difficulties in British education. In the wake of strong criticisms of the so-called medical model of maladjustment (pre-1980s), educational policies have defined the "disturbing" pupil as having emotional and behavioural difficulties, and have more…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Semantics, Social Sciences, Ethics