EDU305 Glossary

 Adherence

Adherence mean to act, action, or quality of adhering. the obeying of a rule or law

 Behaviour Modification

Behaviour modification attempts to promote desirable behaviour and eliminate undesirable behaviour. It attempts to bring changes in student behaviour through the use of different strategies.

 BULLYING

Bullying occurs when a person willfully and repeatedly exercises power over another with hostile or malicious intent.

 Cookbook Management

This is an eclectic approach that may consist of applying a prescription of ‘do’s and don’ts’, without any obviously consistent rationale. It may consist of adaptation of a number of most effective approaches which suit the situation or group of individuals.

 Covert Management Approaches

Covert Management Approaches are those approaches which have an implied existence. They are not explicitly stated by teachers but are expected behaviours advocated through a school wide adherence to core values and norms.

 Curriculum

Curriculum basically is a plan of action for the entire school. The curriculum consists of the ongoing experiences of children under the guidance of the school. It represents a special environment for helping children achieve self realization through active participation within the school.

 Expectations

Expectations are the norms applied to a specific situation.

 Extrinsic Motivation · EDU305 · Glossary

Extrinsic motivation occurs when a student is driven to perform behaviour in order to win a reward or avoid a punishment.

 Intimidation

Intimidation is an approach used by teachers to control student behaviour. This is an overt approach in which the teacher uses power to regulate student behaviour. Most of the practices under intimidation are negative.

 Intrinsic Motivation

Intrinsic motivation is a desire to attain targets for the sake of learning.

 Negative Consequences

Negative consequences are the penalties that students face when they bypass or disobey rules.

 Norms

Norms are unwritten rules stating what students should and should not do. They regulate and control behavior.

 Overlapping

Overlapping means handling two or more situations or activities simultaneously. A teacher who can instruct a group of students while responding to student concerns from outside of the group can keep an entire classroom working smoothly.

 Overt Management Approaches

Overt Management approaches are those approaches in which teachers use an explicit effort to manage classroom based behavioural and management issues.

 School Culture

School culture is a set of unstated expectations and assumptions that direct the activities of school personnel and students.

 Student Team Learning

Student Team Learning is a cooperative learning structure and is an instructional rather than a disciplinary strategy.