School rules, classroom norms, and social and emotional learning (SEL) modules carefully define, hone, and regulate what counts as "appropriate" and "inappropriate" behavior from students. While the stated intention behind these practices is typically to promote a sense of safety, well-being, and productivity in schooling,…

The research study reported on was conducted to establish how the walls of quality education for disadvantaged communities can be rebuilt through classroom discipline. Social and economic instability, which has always existed, has been intensified by the recent widespread political unrests, which in turn has eroded discipline in the classroom…

In recent decades children's rights to exercise choice in educational settings have slowly gained currency. Children's rights advocates highlight the role of choice in empowering children to become critical and productive citizens. However, in this paper, the role of choice in interactions between teachers and students is problematised. Using…

Within the tradition of ethnographic classroom research, this paper studies how pupils with a minority background are disciplined and participate in different school subjects such as Danish, English, math and science in Danish primary and lower secondary school settings. Whereas most research on minority children in classroom contexts focuses…

Socialization agents shape pupils' behaviour. Pupils' behaviour has deteriorated over time in primary schools in Kenya. The purpose of the study was to contextualise the influence of socialization agents in shaping primary school pupils in Thika Sub County. The objective of the study was to assess the role of school variables in shaping pupils'…

In reality, quite lots of details are frequently neglected intentionally or unintentionally. Usually, failure is accumulated when one is careless, while success is also accumulated by several details. We human beings often have the exclamation of "Success owing to details, and failure too". We should, from time to time, alarm or remind…

Research indicates that early school success influences eventual life chances and that attentiveness in the classroom contributes to early school success. Using ethnographic fieldnotes, interviews, short surveys, and video footage collected over three school years, I investigate how teachers and young students experience "attentiveness" during…

This article presents a practical approach to resolving difficulties experienced by classroom teachers. Areas discussed include student rights, techniques for correcting behavior, the value of conferences, the establishment of standards for behavior, and punishment. (CT)

Describes how the Cascade Model for Classroom Discipline uses preventive, supportive, corrective, and adaptive techniques to build effective discipline. (HOD)

Involving students in setting the standards and consequences of classroom behavior can help schools build a discipline policy. The six elements of a social contract are explained. (MLF)

The need for discipline in the classroom is shown, and three rules for establishing acceptable behavior among students are given. Consistent expectations and action backing them are suggested. (Author/CM)

Ways to maintain classroom discipline are discussed, including examples of problems and causes; factors that affect behavior; classroom management techniques; a behavior code; and survival tips for teachers and student teachers. (LB)

Considers traditional classroom discipline systems as patriarchal moral systems focused on hyperindividuality and dependent upon rules, consequences, and principles focused through authoritarian structures. Critiques the Assertive Discipline, Control Theory, and Discipline with Dignity discipline systems, and proposes an alternative model for…

This paper argues for an alternative method of structuring classroom behavior that is more democratic, giving students a chance to discipline themselves. (Author)

A total of four approaches to teacher preparation in classroom discipline, including Gordon's Teacher Effectiveness Training, Adlerian-based approaches, Glasser's Reality Therapy, and Canter's Assertive Discipline, are reviewed in this document. These systems have been widely used for inservice teacher education for a decade or more, and each has…