Description
Practical behaviour management and classroom management strategies for confident, calm and connected teaching.
Teaching is wonderfully rewarding, gloriously unpredictable and occasionally so absurd that you find yourself having a perfectly serious conversation about why it’s a bad idea to lick the glue stick.
Between those ridiculous moments lies one of the most complex professions in the world.
Some teachers seem to navigate that complexity with remarkable skill, making a demanding profession look deceptively simple. Not because teaching is easy, but because they respond to its challenges differently.
This book is about becoming one of them. Becoming Formidable.
A formidable teacher is not the loudest voice in the room. They are the steadiest. They inspire cooperation rather than demand compliance, set boundaries without power struggles and respond with consistency, compassion and quiet confidence.
Effective behaviour management is rarely about finding the perfect strategy. It is about the thousands of small choices teachers make: how we respond to disruption, repair relationships, maintain boundaries and create classrooms where children feel safe enough to learn.
Drawing on psychology, educational research and 23 years of classroom experience across primary, secondary and special educational needs, Formidable explores the science behind behaviour and the practical classroom management strategies that help teachers create calmer, safer and more purposeful classrooms.
Rather than offering quick fixes or rigid behaviour systems, it combines reflective activities, evidence-informed approaches and immediately usable techniques to help teachers develop calm authority without sacrificing warmth, empathy or authenticity.
Inside you’ll discover how to:
Understand the emotional drivers behind children's behaviour.
Respond calmly to challenging behaviour without lowering expectations.
Build positive teacher-pupil relationships while maintaining clear boundaries.
Teach behaviour as deliberately as academic learning.
Prevent unnecessary confrontations and de-escalate difficult situations.
Create classrooms where accountability and belonging work together.
Become the steady adult every child deserves.
Whether you are an early career teacher developing your classroom management skills or an experienced teacher refining your approach, Formidable will encourage you to reflect, strengthen your practice and rediscover the values that brought you into education in the first place.
Because the most formidable classrooms are built on trust, not fear.
Details
Publisher - Feisty Scholar Publications
Language - English
Perfect Bound
Contributors
By author
Cher Louise Jones
Published Date - 2026-10-12
ISBN - 9781913619824
Dimensions - 27.9 x 21.6 x 0.6 cm
Page Count - 112
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