Oh! What a Lovely War
In this programme John Bayley visits Jennifer Taylor, a history teacher who is having trouble controlling the pupils in her class.
Bayley offers Jennifer support and advice on how to gain the attention of the mixed-ability Year 9 pupils at Brockworth Enterprise School near Gloucester.
He suggests a new approach to Jennifer's teaching; offering positive messages to the difficult pupils early on in lessons.
He also guides her in handling one-to-one conversations when things go wrong, teaching from the front of the class less, and engaging pupils more in classroom activities.
Bayley returns a week later to find pleasing results. He sees that Jennifer has taken his advice on board and put new techniques into practice. The class is more focussed and more of the pupils are listening to what Jennifer has to say.
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FacebookMichael Benford on 17 February 2009
I'll try them out for myself and report back. I thought the teacher was very brave to have her lesson videoed. ...
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- Duration: 15:00 minutes
- Published: 28 April 2006
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Ear messages to disruptive pupils17 February 2009 - 21:35I'll try them out for myself and report back. I thought the teacher was very brave to have her lesson videoed.
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Packaged response17 December 2008 - 10:41How can you be yourself working with a packaged response? It's not genuine. A packaged response usually means that if it doesn't work you have to pay people to come up with another and another...
Possibly our greatest desire as humans is to be appreciated....
There are so many better and more effective ways to deal with this.
The best way to stop an argument? Don't take part in it.
Does it always matter to have the last word? No, not always.... (difficult as it is). We can always talk again, i.e. end of the lesson.
(I noticed that the boy with the bat was still messing around with it).
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Behaviour issues27 October 2008 - 16:21I've just watched this after one of John Bayley's more recent videos. This was better. Lots of good ideas -I particularly liked the 3 point key message to give to disruptive pupils and how to deal with them if they are not listening. I may try to use this when necessary.
It is lovely to see Zachasa's comment too (im in that video!) - I agree Miss Taylor seems like a very good teacher!
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im in that video!12 April 2008 - 04:14hi, im in that class (i was in that video)
im usally misbehaved for miss taylor, not anymore.
shes a great teacher and has good teaching meathods.
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Well done Jennifer31 October 2006 - 23:30I thought it was really brave of Jennifer to have her lesson filmed.
I just wish that John Bayley had been more positive about her lesson.
Lots of the advice he gave her he did not use when he was in the role of teacher. If I had been Jennifer I would have found his attitude irritating
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Teacher Training , NQT24 October 2006 - 15:16Really enjoyed this video I will use this in two training sessions:
1. Trainee teachers plus NQT
2. Show to Heads of Faculty for them to use in a training session with team members.
Highlights exactly some youngsters that can cause issues in some lessons.
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A really interesting insight6 September 2006 - 09:56A really interesting insight watching an enthusiastic teacher! I use 'ear messages' not just to help with behaviour but also to boost self confidence for pupils who aren't always confident enough to contribute to whole class discussions, by hearing that they're doing well before you perhaps ask them to 'volunteer' an opinion or answer.
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'Oh! What a Lovely War2 September 2006 - 18:12An interesting programme, I like the idea of 'ear messages' and will give thema go in my classes. It was good to see some ideas for moving the learning to the students rather than all up front teaching - I tend to try to split my lessons into three parts with me leading a third the students leading a third and feedback for about a third - obviously not all lessons work this way!
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Ear messages providea2 September 2006 - 14:01Ear messages providea useful way to praise/ be positive towardsboys who often do not like to hear praise in public as they are concerned about their image among fellow peers.
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