Phil Beadle

all children have ‘special needs’

how to be assertive without being confrontational.

pile on the praise

Phil’s book provides novices with a practical toolkit, demystifying lesson planning and differentiation strategies, illustrating a comprehensive range of effective pupil grouping techniques designed to facilitate learning and subvert boredom

differentiation, gifted and talented provision and ‘learning styles’, assessment fads and political correctness, and welcome the emphasis on teaching as a craft

Phil also re-invents teaching as a performance art,

it’s your classroom. You are the teacher. If

you are not in control it’ll all go to cock, the kids will learn nothing and, what is more, they’ll have a deeply unpleasant experience, as they won’t feel at all safe.

RULE 2 – SORT YOUR SEATING

your own ability to charm, cajole and sometimes even confront, the seating plan is the single most important piece of behavioural modification equipment you have in your toolbox