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Love 'em or Loathe 'em

In this Teachers TV video, a design and technology newly qualified teacher (NQT) asks for help with his pedagogical skills from behaviour expert John Bayley.

In June, John observes Ben Nelson's isometric drawing lesson. They agree that many students have not understood the lesson. John feels Ben needs to be better organised in the classroom, and to give more praise as a motivational tool.

Later in the year, John observes Ben's Key Stage Three lesson in a module on money boxes. Ben's classroom management has improved but John feels he is relying too much on the school's new disciplinary code, without setting the groundwork with positive reinforcement.

John takes Ben to observe the secondary school's Headteacher, Paul Elliot, giving a masterclass in making Year Seven feel special, guided by his abiding principle of finding something to like in each and every one of his students.

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