Course | Dealing With Argumentative Behaviour
Price
130.90 AUD. The price includes 10% GST. Other pricing options are available for this course
Individual subscription: $349 + GST per year
Team subscription (10 teachers and more): $249 + GST per teacher per year
Campus subscription (unlimited teachers): $9990 + GST per year
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Facilitators
1. Glen Pearsall
Glen Pearsall was a Leading Teacher at Eltham High School and a Board member of the Curriculum Assessment Authority. Glen is the co-author of Literature for Life and Work Right and the author of Classroom Dynamics and the best-selling And Gladly Teach. He works throughout Australia as an educational consultant, specialising in classroom management, engagement and workload reduction strategies for teachers. He has a particular interest in the work of graduate and pre-service teachers and has worked as a seminar leader and research fellow at the Centre for Youth Research. Glen's ebook The Top Ten Strategic Questions for Teachers has just been translated into Khmer for Cambodian teachers.
2. Miles Campbell
Spanning nearly three decades in the education sector, his career has shifted from teaching Design and Technology to leading educational development as the Founder and CEO of Teacher Training Australia (TTA), a key provider of professional development for Australian teachers.
Past to Present:
Moved from working as a professional engineer to focusing on education.
Co-founded designability.com.au, to support design education in Australia.
Founded and developed TTA into a highly regarded professional development business supporting Australian teachers.
Current work:
CEO of TTA
Developing AI courses to support teachers for TTA/
Collaborating on AI projects related to teacher professional development.
Student AI Chatbot Project
Currently working with Glen Pearsall developing courses that use AI-driven student chatbots, designed to support teachers to practice classroom management by simulating interactions with virtual students. This approach gives teachers a safe space to build their skills in managing challenging student behaviors.
Course Description
Learning how to pivot around arguments and de-escalate potential conflicts are core skills for ensuring your classes are orderly and students remain focussed on their learning. In this innovative course, Glen Pearsall and Miles Campbell explore an array of practical strategies for dealing with argumentative behaviour and provide participants with specially designed AI chatbots on whom they can practice these strategies. By the end of the course participants will have:
- Examined techniques for quickly and quietly redirecting off-task students back to their learning without provoking arguments.
- Explored how to use partial agreement to address students who use denial to avoid taking responsibility for their actions.
- Learned how to deal with students who try to distract you or use delaying tactics when they are given instruction to get back to their work.
- Discussed how to sensitively support students who ‘can’t behave’ - whilst also reiterating your expectations about appropriate classroom behaviour.
- Investigated strategies for reframing issues when you are dealing with adamant students who have entrenched positions and are aggressively advocating their wrong-headed point-of-view.
Participants will have also had an opportunity to practice employing these strategies with custom-built AI students who have been designed to employ common rhetorical tactics seen in classroom conflicts. This is a world-first use of AI and provides teachers with a rare chance to hone their skills for dealing with challenging behaviour in a safe environment.
Audience
All teachers looking to develop new classroom behaviour strategies.
Teaching Standards
4.3.2 Proficient Level - Create and maintain supportive and safe learning environments - Manage challenging behaviour: Manage challenging behaviour by establishing and negotiating clear expectations with students, and address discipline issues promptly, fairly and respectfully
Course Curriculum
1. Module 1 - Aanya the Distractable
Introduction
Course Notes
Aanya the Distractable
Redirection Pivots
Aanya the Distractable
Reflection Question
2. Module 2 - Denying Dani
Partial Agreement
Denying Dani
Reflection Question
3. Module 3 - Abed the Argumentative
Reframing Pivots
Abed the Argumentative
Reframing Part II
Abed the Argumentative
Reflection Question
4. Conclusion
Wrap up
Reflection Question
Suggestions for Collaboration
5. Course Feedback
Course | Dealing With Argumentative Behaviour
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