Assertive Discipline

Paper Summary:

This paper researches the effect of assertive discipline on social relationships in the classroom. The paper analyzes what assertive discipline is and how it works in a classroom environment, including steps for implementation. It then reviews the literature with regard to how effective this form of discipline is and how it affects the classroom dynamics.

Table of Contents:
Chapter One
Introduction
Objective
Introduction
Research Question
Rationale
Study Approach
Chapter Two
Review of the Literature
Catching Students Being Good
Assertive Discipline is a Behavioral Approach
Three Competencies of Assertive Discipline
Six Tasks of Assertive Discipline in the Classroom
Application of Assertive Discipline Approach
Key Ideas behind Assertive Discipline
Characteristics of the Assertive Discipline Model
Implementation of the Assertive Discipline Model
Benefits of the Assertive Discipline Approach
Logical Consequences
Ascending & Increasing Level of Consequences for Each Problem Behavior
Review of the Literature Reviewed

From the Paper:

"The teacher should always when speaking do so in a firm tone of voice and make eye contact with students, being responsive to appropriate behavior exhibited by students. Assertive Discipline is not difficult to implement and is effectively on a general basis. Assertive Discipline provides students who are misbehaving with the right type of attention for exhibiting good behavior. Parents are involved and through cooperation in discipline techniques, unproductive behaviors have been shown to lessen. Critics of the Assertive Discipline approach hold that children should be taught to follow rules simply because it is the right thing to do and further that the techniques of Assertive Discipline are forms of control that do not encourage critical thinking in the child and interferes with the child in development of self-reliance."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Behavior Management Theories (2007) Online available at: http://blog.os42.com/behaviour-management-theories/.
• Carey, Timothy A. (2007) What is Different About Different Discipline Programs? Difference in School Discipline and Classroom Management Programs. Online available at: http://responsiblethinking.com/different.htm.
• Collier, Denise L. (2006) Sally Can Skip But Jerome Can't Stomp: Perceptions, Practice and School Punishment (Preliminary Results) April 2006. Online available at: http://www.gse.uci.edu/csu-uci-edd/proposals/DLCollier-Proposal.pdf.
• McNab, Usha (nd) The Individual and the Whole Class. Online available at: http://www.partnership.mmu.ac.uk/cme/Student_Writings/DMELE/Usha_McNab.html UNC Charlotte Behavior and Reading Improvement Center. Online available at: http://education.uncc.edu/bric/intervention_descriptions.htm#Assertive%20Discipline
• Shindler, John (nd) Developing Logical Consequences - Transformative Classroom Practice. Chapter 12. Online available at: http://www.calstatela.edu/faculty/jshindl/cm/Chapter12.htm.

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