Discipline in Schools

The behaviour of young people in schools and classrooms is a constant concern. How widespread is disruption? What are the main causes and suggested cures?

Professor Munn is an internationally renowned researcher of over 20 years standing. She began as a secondary school teacher of history, teaching in comprehensive schools in London, before taking up a career in higher education. She worked in the universities of Stirling and York, and was Depute Director of SCRE, before becoming Professor of Curriculum Research at the then Moray House Institute of Education in 1994. She is currently Dean of The Moray House School of Education, The University of Edinburgh. She has been a member of a number of national committees which have aimed to influence policy developments in education, chairing the committee on Education for Citizenship and currently chairs the Advisory Group on the Implementation Programme. She was a member of the Discipline Task Group, of the Curriculum Review Group, and of the Second Stage Review of Initial Teacher Education. She continues to research and publish widely, particularly in the area of school discipline. She recently led a team researching teachers' perceptions of indiscipline and of the success or otherwise of aspects of the Discipline Task Group's recommendations set out in its report, Better Behaviour, Better Learning. She also acted as a consultant to the group advising the Education Minister on the collection of statistics on indiscipline.

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