Challenging Dominant Views on Student Behaviour at School

1. Introduction: Why It Is Important to Answer Back
Anna Sullivan

2. Daring to Disagree About School ‘Discipline’: An Australian Case Study of a Media-Led Backlash
Bruce Johnson

3. Understanding and Challenging Dominant Discourses About Student Behaviour at School
Bruce Johnson, Anna Sullivan

4. Promoting Pedagogies of Engagement in Secondary Schools: Possibilities for Pedagogical Reform
Robert Hattam, Anna Sullivan

5. Goodbye Mr Chips, Hello Dr Phil?
Roger Slee

6. Rethinking Mis/Behaviour in Schools: From ‘Youth as a Problem’ to the ‘Relational School’
Barry Down

7. Reframing ‘Behaviour’ in Schools: The Role of Recognition in Improving Student Wellbeing
Anne Graham, Julia Truscott, Mary Ann Powell, Donnah Anderson

8. ‘Schoolwork’ and ‘Teachers’: Disaffected Boys Talk About Their Problems with School
Linda J. Graham

9. Beyond the ‘Habits’ of ‘Punishing, Criticising and Nagging’: Fostering Respectful and Socially Just Student Relations Using Critical Pedagogies
Amanda Keddie

10. Overcoming the ‘Hidden Injuries’ of Students from Refugee Backgrounds: The Importance of Caring Teacher–Student Relationships
Melanie Baak

11. Against the Tide: Enacting Respectful Student Behaviour Polices in ‘Zero Tolerance’ Times
Bruce Johnson, Anna Sullivan

12. ‘Answering Back’: Some Concluding Thoughts
Bruce Johnson, Anna Sullivan

Keywords: Education, Teaching and Teacher Education, Administration, Organization and Leadership, Childhood Education