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Attitude towards

behaviour

Other people’s opinions

Controls on behaviour (context

and personal abilities)

Belief systems can be seen as including three elements:

Attitude towards

behaviour

Other people’s opinions

Beliefs,

assumptions and

knowledge system

Controls on behaviour (context

and personal abilities)

Attitude towards

behaviour

Other people’s opinions

Each of the three elements can influence the others ...

Controls on behaviour (context

and personal abilities)

Attitude towards

behaviour

Other people’s opinions

Each of the three elements can influence the others ...

If you think that other people who yourespect have a positive attitude towards a

particular type of behaviour, you maybe encouraged to have a more positive

attitude too.

Example:

Controls on behaviour (context

and personal abilities)

Attitude towards

behaviour

Other people’s opinions

Each of the three elements can influence the others ...

Or your own positive attitude night lead you to believe that other people must

feel the same way as you.

REMEMBER - it’s not what other people really think, it’s what

you think they think!

Controls on behaviour (context

and personal abilities)

Attitude towards

behaviour

Other people’s opinions

Each of the three elements can influence the others ...

If you think that other people do not havefaith in your ability to do something,you may also begin to doubt whether

you are capable.

Example:

Controls on behaviour (context

and personal abilities)

Attitude towards

behaviour

Other people’s opinions

Each of the three elements can influence the others ...

If you believe that you are not capable of doing something, you may have a less

positive attitude to that activity.

Example:

REMEMBER - it’s not what you can really do, it’s what youthink you can or can’t do!

Controls on behaviour (context

and personal abilities)

PLAN or INTENTION

Attitude towards

behaviour

Other people’s opinions

The three elements work together to influence your plans for how you will act.

Controls on behaviour (context

and personal abilities)

Attitude towards

behaviour

Other people’s opinions

For example, this is how your intention to set pair work in class might be influenced:

I believe that pair work provides the practicethat facilitates language learning

Controls on behaviour (context

and personal abilities)

Positive attitude towards

behaviour

Other people’s opinions

For example, this is how your intention to set pair work in class might be influenced:

I believe that pair work provides the practicethat facilitates language learning

Controls on behaviour (context

and personal abilities)

Positive attitude towards

behaviour

Other people’s opinions

For example, this is how your intention to set pair work in class might be influenced:

Increases my intention to use pair work in class

Controls on behaviour (context

and personal abilities)

PLAN or INTENTION

Positive attitude towards

behaviour

Other people’s opinions

For example, this is how your intention to set pair work in class might be influenced:

Increases my intention to use pair work in class

Controls on behaviour (context

and personal abilities)

Positive attitude towards

behaviour

Other people’s opinions

For example, this is how your intention to set pair work in class might be influenced:

I believe that my colleagues will object to the noise created by pair work, and will think I am

letting the students ‘mess about’.

(I do believe that my students like doingpair work, but my colleagues’ opinions

matter more to me)

Controls on behaviour (context

and personal abilities)

Positive attitude towards

behaviour

Overall negative

perception of other people’s

opinions

For example, this is how your intention to set pair work in class might be influenced:

Controls on behaviour (context

and personal abilities)

I believe that my colleagues will object to the noise created by pair work, and will think I am

letting the students ‘mess about’.

(I do believe that my students like doingpair work, but my colleagues’ opinions

matter more to me)

PLAN or INTENTION

Positive attitude towards

behaviour

For example, this is how your intention to set pair work in class might be influenced:

Reduces my intention to use pair

work in class Overall negative

perception of other people’s

opinions

Controls on behaviour (context

and personal abilities)

Positive assessment of

physical context and

personal abilities

For example, this is how your intention to set pair work in class might be influenced:

Positive attitude towards

behaviour

Overall negative

perception of other people’s

opinions

I believe I can arrange the seating so students can do pair work.

I’m a bit worried about it getting a little rowdy,

but I think I’d be able to calm things downand keep the noise levels reasonably low,

especially since it’s a fairly small group

For example, this is how your intention to set pair work in class might be influenced:

Increases my intention to use pair work in class

Positive attitude towards

behaviour

Overall negative

perception of other people’s

opinions

Positive assessment of

physical context and

personal abilities

PLAN or INTENTION

Positive attitude towards

behaviour

For example, this is how your intention to set pair work in class might be influenced:

Overall negative

perception of other people’s

opinions

On balance, I will plan to usepair work in my classes (althoughI might modify the way students

do it, so that I minimisethe effect on my colleagues).

ACTION or BEHAVIOUR

Positive assessment of

physical context and

personal abilities

PLAN or INTENTION

Positive attitude towards

behaviour

ACTION or BEHAVIOUR

Do pairwork in

class

For example, this is how your intention to set pair work in class might be influenced:

Overall negative

perception of other people’s

opinions

Positive assessment of

physical context and

personal abilities

PLAN or INTENTION

ACTION or BEHAVIOUR

Attitude towards

behaviour

Other people’s opinions

So the sum effect of your various beliefs and attitudes influences first your plans and then your behaviour ...

Controls on behaviour (context

and personal abilities)

PLAN or INTENTION

ACTION or BEHAVIOUR

Attitude towards

behaviour

Other people’s opinions

… unless something happens to prevent your plans from being carried out.

Class cancelled.No opportunity to

do pair work

Controls on behaviour (context

and personal abilities)

ACTION or BEHAVIOUR

= experience

Action or behaviour is a type of experience

…which we interpret subconsciously…

... or through conscious reflection.Reflection Interpretation

ACTION or BEHAVIOUR

Attitude towards

behaviour

Other people’s opinions

REFLECTION & INTERPRETATION

Interpretation of experience can lead to reinforcement of existing attitudes and beliefs ...

Controls on behaviour (context

and personal abilities)

ACTION or BEHAVIOUR

Attitude towards

behaviour O

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ple

’s

op

inio

ns

REFLECTION & INTERPRETATION

Controls on behaviour (context

and personal abilities)

… or to changes, either small or dramatic.

REFLECTION & INTERPRETATION

ACTION or BEHAVIOUR

Attitude towards

behaviour

Other people’s opinions

Interpretation may result in restructuring of any, or all, parts of our overall belief system...

Controls on behaviour (context

and personal abilities)

REFLECTION & INTERPRETATION

Attitude towards

behaviour

Other people’s opinions

…so that next time we are preparing to act ...

Controls on behaviour (context

and personal abilities)

PLAN or INTENTION

Attitude towards

behaviour

Other people’s opinions

…our plans and intentions may be different to the previous occasion ...

Controls on behaviour (context

and personal abilities)

PLAN or INTENTION

ACTION or BEHAVIOUR

Attitude towards

behaviour

Other people’s opinions

…and we end up acting (behaving) differently.

Controls on behaviour (context

and personal abilities)

REFLECTION & UNDERSTANDING

ACTION or BEHAVIOUR

Attitude towards

behaviour

Other people’s opinions

That gives us a new experience to reflect on ...

Controls on behaviour (context

and personal abilities)

REFLECTION & UNDERSTANDING

ACTION or BEHAVIOUR

Attitude towards

behaviour

Other people’s opinions

… and to feed back into our belief system ...

Controls on behaviour (context

and personal abilities)

REFLECTION & UNDERSTANDING

Attitude towards

behaviour

Other people’s opinions

… and so the cycle continues.

Controls on behaviour (context

and personal abilities)

REFLECTION & UNDERSTANDING

Attitude towards

behaviour

Other people’s opinions

… and so the cycle continues.

Controls on behaviour (context

and personal abilities)

PLAN or INTENTION

Attitude towards

behaviour

Other people’s opinions

… and so the cycle continues.

Controls on behaviour (context

and personal abilities)

PLAN or INTENTION

Attitude towards

behaviour

Other people’s opinions

… and so the cycle continues.

Controls on behaviour (context

and personal abilities)

PLAN or INTENTION

ACTION or BEHAVIOUR

Attitude towards

behaviour

Other people’s opinions

… and so the cycle continues.

Controls on behaviour (context

and personal abilities)

REFLECTION & UNDERSTANDING

ACTION or BEHAVIOUR

Attitude towards

behaviour

Other people’s opinions

… and so the cycle continues.

Controls on behaviour (context

and personal abilities)

REFLECTION & UNDERSTANDING

ACTION or BEHAVIOUR

Attitude towards

behaviour

Other people’s opinions

… and so the cycle continues.

Controls on behaviour (context

and personal abilities)

REFLECTION & UNDERSTANDING

ACTION or BEHAVIOUR

Attitude towards

behaviour

Other people’s opinions

… and so the cycle continues.

Controls on behaviour (context

and personal abilities)

REFLECTION & UNDERSTANDING

PLAN or INTENTION

ACTION or BEHAVIOUR

Attitude towards

behaviour

Other people’s opinions

… and so the cycle continues.

Controls on behaviour (context

and personal abilities)

REFLECTION & UNDERSTANDING

PLAN or INTENTION

ACTION or BEHAVIOUR

Attitude towards

behaviour

Other people’s opinions

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