ABSTRACT
Shea (1978:263) has defined behaviour management as ‘all those actions (and conscious inactions) which educators take in order to assist children to develop effective behaviours that are personally self-fulfilling, productive, and socially acceptable’. Such actions include a broad range of activities, such as arranging the learning environment, establishing and maintaining classroom rules and procedures, providing guidance, instructions and rationales and dealing with occurring misbehaviour (Martin and Norwich 1991). Behaviour management is associated with safe, caring and productive environments where children are respected as intelligent persons (Cooper and Upton 1992).
