This study focuses on revealing and developing personal constructs regarding problem behaviour in classrooms. Twenty-nine teachers (initial and in-service students) took part in the project. The main idea is that teachers opinions about their pupils and themselves influence the way they act in their classrooms. Their thoughts and ideas about students - their personal constructs - are generally unconscious. To clarify and to develop teachers constructs, we used Kellys repertory grid technique and Garmans reflective approach. Both methods give a powerful impulse to the development of thinking and acting of teachers. They can use the experiences as an integral part of their own action research. & I am one of the teachers who took part in the constructs research.A personal set of fifteen constructs on twenty-eight pupils was collected. These constructs showed me what kinds of constructs I have (mainly social-emotional and cognitive ones) and made me reflect. They also made clear to me that I think less positively on problem children. Participation in this research includes coaching, theoretical orientation and continuous reflection, making me conscious of what (problem) behaviour I like or dislike and what I should change to get a professional, holistic view. Then problem behaviour will be more easily tolerated by me and I can teach my colleagues about my new insights in intercommunicative sessions and by personal counselling.
In deze notitie wordt de curriculumanalyse waarover Kees Freriks, directeur van de Theo Thijssen Academie en Kees van der Wolf, lector van het Lectoraat Gedragsproblemen in de Onderwijspraktijk hebben gesproken nader uitgewerkt. Zij zijn overeengekomen dat de kenniskring het curriculum van de Theo Thijssen Academie gaat analyseren. Dit krijgt gestalte vanuit een Critical Friend-rol. Onderzocht wordt op welke wijze speciale zorg voor kinderen met leer- en gedragsmoeilijkheden in het curriculum is opgenomen en op welke wijze dit mogelijk kan worden verbeterd. De analyse van wat er aangeboden wordt op het gebied van speciale zorg voor kinderen met leer- en gedragsmoeilijkheden gaat uit van de nota De Inhoudelijke Pit waarin de kern van de onderwijsinhoud en de pedagogische basis voor het werken op de Theo Thijssen Academie wordt beschreven.
Present study focuses on revealing and developing personal constructs regarding problem behaviour in classrooms. The main idea is that teachers opinions about their students and themselves influence the way they interact with them. Their thoughts and ideas about students - their personal constructs - are generally unconscious. We used the Personal Construct Theory from Kelly (1955) and his Repertory Grid Technique for exploration mental constructs. They can give an impulse to the development of thinking and acting of teachers. We think it can help them to build up their professional identity towards problem children. Twenty-nine teachers formed the sample that worked with this method. We investigated the number of unique construct pairs mentioned by the teachers. This number happened to be remarkably high. While assessing pupils, the teachers use primarily personality characteristics. There is hardly any agreement between the teachers constructs, which complicates their communication about their pupils. We considered the number of construct pairs named by one participant. This number seems to depend on the type of education the teacher is involved in. The type of the school the teacher is working at also influences the average scores on the constructs. We shall also turn to the issue of pupils sex and its role if any in the teachers scores. No significant differences have been found.
