Analisi funzionale dei comportamenti di approvazione e disapprovazione nelle interazioni insegnante-allievo: una rassegna

Functional analysis of approval and disapproval in teacher-pupil interaction: a review A review and analysis of the research literature on teachers’ behavior in the classroom is provided. We are going to clarify what approval is, why it is advisable to be used and how we can use it in an effective way. Firstly, the state of the art about teachers’ approval and disapproval in the classroom is presented; secondly, studies concern with training which have been designed in order to increase teachers’ approvals rate for an effective classroom management are presented. We have analyzed scientific studies appeared on journals from 1975 to date where teachers and typically developing pupils from kindergarten to high school were involved. We have found that an effective use of approval lead up to an enhance in classroom climate; furthermore, it avoid teachers’ burnout.