Behaviour

Feminism doesn’t always get as much attention as it perhaps deserves – but it’s still as important as ever to the lives of our young people, writes Helen Mars. She explains how to embed its principles in every area of school life, from the classroom to the staffroom

In this week’s Tes FE podcast, Julia Belgutay and Kate Parker are joined by Stuart Rimmer, AoC chair for mental health

From smaller classes to forcing students to think for themselves, the pandemic has pushed boundaries, says this lecturer

To some, the requirement for students to address their teachers as ‘Sir’ or ‘Miss’ is an anachronism that fosters ‘them and us’ thinking and should be abolished – but, for Megan Mansworth, it may be a tradition worth holding on to

One way to help students’ wellbeing is to get them to think about things they are grateful for, says Alana Pignatiello

To better support students, teachers must learn to ‘read’ their behaviour, rather than just manage it, says Sophie Tales

Three-quarters of teenage girls have been sent unsolicited nude photos – but there’s very little they can do about it, says Jessica Ringrose

The Slant classroom management policy – which demands that children sit up, listen, ask and answer questions, nod and track the teacher – has been widely adopted. But does forcing pupils to focus on their posture hinder learning, asks John Morgan

Boredom has a bad reputation and most of us will go to great lengths to avoid it. But this little-researched emotion is less straightforward than it seems and can in fact serve an important function in education, finds Carly Page

Teachers are supposed to focus on grades, but should their priority instead be to make students feel good? Economist Richard Layard tells Simon Creasey why he believes the two aims aren’t mutually exclusive and why giving children regular contentment classes could have a lasting impact beyond the school gates

The debate about the benefits or otherwise of getting pupils to wear identical clothing has been raging for decades, but what does the research say? Eliza Frost gets the low-down from an expert

Traditionally, the seating plan has been a valuable weapon in the war against classroom disruption. But have you ever thought that your approach to placing pupils might be doing more harm than good? Grainne Hallahan uncovers research suggesting that some common seating-plan strategies could hinder learning, crush students’ confidence or even reinforce gender stereotypes