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Thousands pick up tips from US-made Maintaining Classroom Discipline film clip unearthed after 60 years.
Gangs and knife crime might have been unthinkable, and canes were the only violent weapons found in the classroom - but lessons learnt about behaviour more than 60 years ago are still proving popular among trainee teachers preparing to work in today's schools.
Thousands have downloaded a recently discovered film made in 1947 full of tips about classroom management.
And, amazingly, some advice doesn't seem to have changed after six decades, despite frequent criticism that behaviour among pupils has got worse.
The 13-minute clip, produced in the United States, shows teachers and trainees how to deal with pupils who misbehave using a sense of humour and warmth rather than being overly aggressive.
The film was discovered by academics at Northampton University who run the specialist behaviour management website...