from chaos to
chorus
Module 16 - student
behaviour and
classroom culture
You may enrol in each module individually, or as a module in the full Primary Certificate course.
Overview
Dates: 26 July – 30 Augsut 2027
Duration: 6 weeks | Live online: 1.5 hours per week
Tutor: Rod Tomlinson
Fee: $480
This module explores student behaviour through the lens of child development, relationships, classroom culture, and educational practice. Participants will develop practical strategies for understanding the needs that often lie beneath behaviour, while learning approaches that foster engagement, responsibility, cooperation, and a positive learning environment.
Key Learning Areas
- Understanding the developmental roots of behaviour
- The relationship between behaviour, learning, and wellbeing
- Building positive classroom culture
- Establishing rhythms, routines, and expectations
- Boundaries, authority, and healthy relationships
- Supporting self-regulation and social development
- Understanding challenging and disruptive behaviours
- Practical approaches to classroom management
- Working with individuals while supporting the whole class
- Restorative and relationship-based approaches
Assessment
Create a practical and reflective classroom management resource that demonstrates your understanding of the principles explored in the module. This may take the form of an illustrated poster, behaviour-support framework, case study analysis, classroom culture plan, or reflective presentation, accompanied by a brief written rationale explaining how the approach supports healthy individual and group development.
Standards
Steiner Education Australia
1.3, 3.3, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 5.2, 5.3
Hague Circle
Yes
AITSL Standards
1.1, 1.2, 1.5, 3.2, 3.3, 3.5, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 6.4
