ABSTRACT
This chapter examines the views of different writers on disruptive behaviour, and explores how their perspectives are useful in various college and university settings. It discusses classic theorists of behaviour management, such as Kounin, Kohn, Rogers, Dix, Vizard, Cowley and Wallace, amongst others to show whether what they say is relevant in the post-school environment. Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs implies that students have to go through or overcome a range of levels of need before they reach the highest fifth level of self-actualisation. Kounin’s ‘ripple effect’ is supposed to create positive behaviour that is replicated by other students in the class. Wallace offers a more considered, research-based, academic perspective, interviewing students, trainees and teachers in order to suggest practical strategies specifically geared for the post-school sector.
