Researchers have identified a civilising mission in elementary schools in the decades around the turn of the twentieth century, particularly in poor urban areas. School log books from the 14 schools in Birmingham and Leicester, supplemented by other primary and secondary sources, are examined for insights into how headteachers perceived, and acted…

Provides teachers with a chance to select the "most severe discipline problems" from among a set of 10 illustrations. Points out the areas of tolerance and intolerance teachers' choices might reflect. (Author/RH)

A survey of all school employees in three Cook County (Illinois) schools asked how they view student discipline. Principals reviewed survey results for their schools and then met with faculty members to work out solutions. Because of positive public and staff response, similar surveys will be conducted every two years. (MLF)

Reports on a survey of English primary school head teachers and educational psychologists' opinions on disruptive behavior. Sixty-two percent of the head teachers and thirty-one percent of the psychologists believed the onset of disruptive behavior was getting earlier. (Author/JDH)

Tongue-in-cheek suggestion that the normal ad hoc, finger-in-the-dike application of punishment for discipline problems be replaced by prepunishment, a philosophical innovation advocating that children who are justly punished for being naughty before the fact, are obviously less likely to be repeating offenders. (DE)

Describes seven detailed approaches to effective classroom discipline including: teacher assertiveness training, effective limit setting, priority problems approach, those games kids play, the eye-contact method, the paradox response, and the use of letters to parents as a discipline device. (JMB)

Teachers should think in terms of preventing discipline problems by carefully analyzing their own behavioral expectations, treating children in an adult-like manner, and being thoroughly organized for instruction. (JC)

Discusses classroom discipline and presents suggestions on how teachers can become more assertive in their classrooms. (CM)

Principals should protect their teachers from taking unnecessary verbal abuse from angry parents. Teachers should not go into a conference unprepared but should be trained in effective presentation skills and backed up by supporting documentation, a definite agenda, and adherence to proper procedures. Maintaining silence or "neutrality" is…

Describes how a North Carolina elementary school altered teaching methods to suit the varied learning styles of the students based on the results of a learning styles inventory. Discusses changes made based on students' perceptual preferences, time of day preferences, environmental preferences, and sociological preferences. Notes that discipline…

Experienced elementary (K-6) teachers nominated by their principals as either outstanding or average at dealing with problem students described their general strategies for coping with hostile-aggressive students and told how they would handle incidents depicted in two vignettes portraying aggression at school. Transcripts of these responses were…

Proposes an economical model for meeting some of the problems a principal faces in dealing with a school's emotional health. (Author/RK)

The investigators attempted to employ strategies that would attack identified perpetrators of school violence and vandalism existing within schools. Results indicated that the dollar costs of vandalism and frequency of inappropriate student behavior decreased more in experimental than in control schools. (Author)

This study examined discipline problems arising in kindergarten through eighth grade classrooms and teachers' attempts to solve them. A total of 746 students in 35 classrooms were observed by 35 teacher-education students placed in separate classrooms in southern New Jersey. During ten 50-minute observation sessions, each student directly observed…