Motivating Disaffected Students

Disaffection is often a rational response on the part of students to particular conditions in classrooms rather than simply a general disposition to deviate from acceptable norms of behaviour. This workshop will give teachers a ‘toolkit’ to help student disaffection in their classroom.

Who would benefit

Teachers of Grades K – 12, Senior Staff, Heads of Faculty, School or Department, Principals, School Counsellors

Participants will:

• Learn to recognise some of the covert behaviours that indicate student disaffection
• Understand why rewards and punishments are only temporary reprieves
• Develop a range of strategies to counter disaffection in particular classroom situations
• Understand how Assessment for Learning can contribute to a student’s perception of success
• Learn how to work together with school staff and other agencies (such as ADEC) to effect positive change in disaffected students

Course Duration

Half day