Behaviour Management

Defusing Argumentative Pupils

Argumentative pupils can disrupt learning for others, as well as themselves. This course considers the triggers for argumentative behaviour and gives you practical ideas on how to manage it.
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Carly Watkins

2 hours

Online Course

By completing this course, you will:

understand the causes and possible triggers for pupils becoming argumentative;
know some strategies to avoid or defuse argumentative pupils;
be able to put learned strategies into practice;
have spent time reflecting and evaluating your personal practice;
made positive changes to your pedagogy.

Course Lessons

Written and Presented by:
Carly Watkins

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Carly Watkins has over twenty years of experience as a primary school teacher, including several years as an assistant headteacher, with responsibility for whole school curriculum development and overseeing pupil progress and attainment. She also holds a Master’s Degree in Education Practice and an NPQ in Leading Teacher Development.

Carly has been a mentor for both student and Early Career Teachers and currently facilitates the Early Career Framework for ECTs and their mentors, delivering training at conferences and via online seminars. At Twinkl PD, Carly heads up pedagogical professional development, a role which means she can support educators to develop their personal practice and pedagogy, something she is passionate about, on a national scale.