ABSTRACT
The purpose of this chapter is to help you understand and explore some of the complex issues surrounding challenging situations and behaviour that you may experience in your classroom. In doing so, it aims to help you develop your inclusive pedagogy. Examining newspapers or searching the internet, you will soon find reference to
the challenges of working with children in schools. In 1996 the Ridings School hit the national headlines; and Channel 4 filmed undercover in schools in 2005, running an ‘exposé’ of the state of behaviour in the classroom. Subsequently, in 2007 Ed Balls, Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, was quoted as saying:
We know that standards of behaviour continue to be a matter of concern for parents and teachers, as well as children and young people themselves.
