Restorative approaches are about more than just repairing relationships when things go wrong, they are also about making and maintaining relationships and they inform a style of teaching just as much as they do an approach to problem solving and conflict resolution.

By giving everyone a voice, considering everyone's thoughts, feelings and needs and believing in people's ability to find solutions to their own problems by working together, young people will develop the language and skills they need to properly engage with their peers.

The Restorative Classroom invites classroom teachers and teaching assistants to reflect on themselves, on their role, their purpose and their intention in the classroom and on their current style of engagement with their students. It combines a focus on the making, maintaining and repairing of relationships in the classroom with the development of social responsibility and a mutually supportive learning community in that classroom.

About the Author
Dr Belinda Hopkins - Director of Transforming Conflict, the National Centre for Restorative Approaches in Youth Settings. Belinda has been pioneering restorative approaches in youth settings across the UK and beyond, for over 15 years. In the early 90's, after a career in secondary education, she founded Transforming Conflict - one of the UK's leading providers of training and consultancy on restorative approaches in youth settings. She still regularly runs training courses, writes books and articles, develops all the training materials and resources and speaks at many conferences nationally and internationally.


Book Information
ISBN 9781906517298
Author Belinda Hopkins
Format Paperback
Page Count 254
Imprint Teach to Inspire
Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd
Weight(grams) 680g