ED2425 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Relate, Nonverbal Communication, Behaviorism
Psychological Principles of Classroom Management - Lecture 10 - Week 10
Developing a Hierarchy of Disciplinary Procedures - The Eclectic Approach to
Management
May be an Exam Question
Confidence:
- Be organised, be prepared, and be ready
- Look like a teacher
Deficits:
- Punishment does not fit the crime
- Humiliation endorsed
- Lack of justice and fairness
- Lack of insight regarding own inappropriateness
- “I don’t smile until Easter” idea is never going to work.
- You should not be “friends” with you students. “Friendly” –YES!
Eclectic Approach to Behaviour Management
- No one model of management will be successful for all children.
- Eclectic = select the best from all models - What suits you the best
- Select from Behaviourist, Cognitivist, Social Learning or Humanist - or a mixture of all as required.
- Regardless of model, underpinning principles ought to be evident.
- The majority who want to learn ought not to be hampered by the minority who don’t.
- The teacher has a right and obligation to teach, and the children have a right to learn.
Two Overarching Principles
- Two principles that should form part of any behaviour management model:
- Be firm but fair
Logical, purposeful but fair
- Be consistent
Don’t shift the boundaries
- Children love to know where the boundaries are. Don’t keep shifting the boundary – CONFUSING!!!
Discipline Hierarchy Principles
- Is progressively severe in terms of sanctions.
- Is administered in an incidental fashion.
- Is executed firmly but dispassionately (i.e. don’t get hooked in emotionally; don’t nag!).
- Motivation is with action and not words.
- Sanctions MUST be followed through.
- Is undertaken for the purpose of ‘shaping’ behaviour rather than for punishing.
- Utilises an eclectic approach (B, SL, C, H) (Behaviourism, social learning, cognitivism, humanism)
Suggested Discipline Hierarchy Procedure
Dont:
- Use extra homework as a punishment
- Devalue Maths, English, Religious Education etc. by making this learning area the topic of the onerous
task punishment
- Humiliate children
- Use sarcasm
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Psychological principles of classroom management - lecture 10 - week 10. Developing a hierarchy of disciplinary procedures - the eclectic approach to. Be organised, be prepared, and be ready. I don"t smile until easter idea is never going to work. You should not be friends with you students. No one model of management will be successful for all children. Eclectic = select the best from all models - what suits you the best. Select from behaviourist, cognitivist, social learning or humanist - or a mixture of all as required. Regardless of model, underpinning principles ought to be evident. The majority who want to learn ought not to be hampered by the minority who don"t. The teacher has a right and obligation to teach, and the children have a right to learn. Two principles that should form part of any behaviour management model: Children love to know where the boundaries are. Is progressively severe in terms of sanctions.
