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Assessing children's perceptions of prosocial and antisocial peer behaviour

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Gender
Inclusion
Pupil Voice

Where can I find out more?

Information about improving children's behaviour is available on the DfES web site at:
http://www.dfes.gov.uk/behaviourandattendance/

The talking teacher website has several useful articles written by teachers about managing children's behaviour, such as how a special needs primary teacher used puppets to help overcome behaviour issues. This article is available at:
http://www.talkingteaching.co.uk/resources/show_resource.cfm?id=99

Practitioners may find the article 'What makes kids care? Teaching gentleness in a violent world' useful. It can be viewed at: http://www.apa.org/pubinfo/altruism.html

An article that describes how sport can be used as a context for teaching prosocial behaviour to adolescents with disruptive behaviour can be found at:
http://www.lin.ca/lin/resource/html/gtr6/dc001b.pdf

The 'anti-bullying network' has a comprehensive web site with useful information on, for example, school and classroom strategies for reducing bullying. The site can be found at:
http://www.antibullying.net/schoolstaff.htm

Teachers' expectations of boys' and girls' behaviour are explored in 'Boys, girls and achievement: addressing the classroom issues' by Dr Becky Francis. Brief details of her research can be found at:
http://www.gre.ac.uk/pr/releasearchive/484.htm