Attachment in the School Setting

Difficult behaviour in the school setting affects both teachers and students. In this paper I draw on attachment theory to construct an alternative explanation for such behaviour. I review attachment theory and link attachment patterns and behaviour in school age children, then outline the implications for educators. I have focused on the primary school setting and although this perspective is relevant to older children, application of attachment theory to adolescents warrants a separate discussion.

Attachment Theory
History.
Attachment theory originates with the work of John Bowlby who, despite psychoanalytical training, disagreed with the focus on the infant's inner world and the argument that infant-mother relationships originate in the infant's physiological (libido and hunger) drives (Howe, 1995). Instead Bowlby concentrated on the infant's actual experience of relationships (Ainsworth & Bowlby, 1991), arguing that attachment......

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Title: Attachment In The School Setting
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