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ERIC TITLE NUMBER: ED218717 AUTHOR: Wayson, William W.; Pinnell, Gay Su
TITLE: Creating a Living Curriculum for Teaching Self
Discipline.
YEAR PUBLISHED: 1982
NOTE: 25 p.; Chapter 7 of "Helping Teachers Manage
Classrooms" (EA 014 720). For related documents, see EA 014
720-728.
AVAILABILITY: Not available separately; see EA 014 720.
ABSTRACT: To understand and deal with student behavior, we
must understand that most behavior is caused by objects and
events in the world around the student; that students have
learned personal ways of relating to those objects and
events; and that in a setting like a school it is easier
and more productive to alter those objects and events than
to change students' psychological makeup or to affect
directly the way they have learned to react. Discipline
problems can more often be traced to dysfunctions in the
interpersonal climate and organizational patterns of the
school than to malfunctions in the individual. Teaching
students self discipline requires improving practices,
structures, and relationships in the school to reinforce
the development of good behavior habits. This chapter of
"Helping Teachers Manage Classrooms" describes eight
features of schools that have a strong relationship to
discipline: patterns of communication, problem-solving, and
decision-making; patterns of authority and status;
procedures for developing and implementing rules; student
"belongingness"; relationships with parents and community
forces; processes for dealing with personal problems; the
curriculum and instructional practices; and the physical
environment. Behaviors that seem productive and procedures
for overcoming dysfunctions are discussed for each area.
(Author/PGD)
KEY DESCRIPTORS: Adjustment-to-Environment;
Behavior-Change; Behavior-Patterns;
Elementary-Secondary-Education; Interpersonal-Relationship;
Power-Structure; Problem Solving; School-Organization;
Student-Adjustment; Teaching Methods
KEY DESCRIPTORS: *Behavior-Development; *Change-Strategies;
*Discipline-; *Educational-Environment; *Self-Control;
*Student-Behavior
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