I have options 1 to 3 of essays. please find below. we can decide the best option to pick

Essay 3 (5000 words)

Critically analyse how schools and school staff respond to ‘challenging behaviour’, taking into account why there might be differences in these responses. Consider policies and practices which you feel support positive behaviour and wellbeing for pupils.

Learning outcomes assessed:

Understand a range of theories on behaviour
Demonstrate awareness of a range of approaches to managing behaviour in schools and consider their use
Engage critically with research and literature on behaviour
Analyse, evaluate and reflect on current strategies, approaches and practices concerning behaviour within an educational context
Demonstrate professional skills in addressing behaviour in schools
Systematically gather evidence and use data for analysis, identification of key issues and development of professional practice

Suggested outline

Please note that this outline is given as a suggestion only, you may want to structure your work in a different way.

Introduction

150 words

A good introduction will show you understand the issues around the question – e.g. competing ideas and values about behaviour, different perspectives on the nature of children – and how this means there are a range of overlapping and competing theories about behaviour.

Wider theoretical context

750 words

In this section you could discuss:

Definitions of inclusion, and how different understanding of inclusion might lead to different responses to behaviour;
Definitions of challenging behaviour and how these are socially constructed;
Models of disability, and how these might support different understanding of behaviour;
Socially constructed ideas about children, childhood, relationships with adults etc

You need to ensure that you critically evaluate these ideas, and that you support your writing with references to relevant literature.

Policy context

750 words

In this section you could discuss:

The range of policies that support schools’ and teachers’ understanding of behaviour (e.g. SEND Code of Practice, Behaviour in Schools, Mental Health and Behaviour in Schools, UN Convention on the Rights of the Child etc)
How these policies overlap, contradict and contrast with each other.
The impact of following these policies on how schools address behaviour

You need to ensure that you critically analyse the policies. You could use the definitions of inclusion or models of disability you have outlined above to help with this.

Theories of behaviour

1500 words

Outline different theories that help explain and support behaviour. You may choose to look at contrasting or complementary theories. In order to cover these in enough depth, I would suggest no more than 3 theories. Your discussion could include:

Key theorists and research that helped to develop the theories;
Key points of the theories;
A critical evaluation of the theories
How following these different theories might lead to different approaches to challenging behaviour

Policies and practices to support positive behaviour and wellbeing

1600 words

Using ideas from at least one of the theories outlined above:

Discuss which theories of behaviour these policies appear to be based on

Explore aspects of policy that might support positive behaviour;
Explore practices that might support positive behaviour (this could be specific strategies, or general principles)
Use current literature to support your ideas in this section; what does research tell us about the strategies you are suggesting?

Remember to be critical and to evaluate throughout. In this section, you should be putting forward ideas that you think would be successful. This could be based on your reading, your experience and/or your values.

Conclusion

250 words

Draw together your key ideas and summarise your main argument. Do not introduce anything new.

In this essay, you may wish to refer to specific schools as examples of different approaches. If you are referring to a school that you have read about, e.g. in the press, then you can use the name of the school, and give the reference of where you found out about it. If you are referring to your own workplace, or somewhere you have previously worked, you must make sure that it is not identifiable. This means using pseudonyms, and not giving too many details about its location and size.