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Beyond Discipline
Beyond Discipline
Alfie Kohn
Classroom Management
EDUC 360
Alfie Kohn
Classroom Management
EDUC 360
Beyond Discipline
• operates under the
premise:
– Students are
responsible for their
own behavior
– Students are capable
of controlling their own
behavior
Beyond discipline looks like
• A student-directed
management style
• Teachers allowing
students to
experience natural
consequences
• Absence of physical
or psychological
punishments
Beyond discipline
• Does not promote
removing student with
misbehavior from the
classroom
• Creates a
unconditional
community
• Designs classroom as
a safe place
Beyond discipline
• Promotes creating a
sense of belonging
• Teaches
unconditionally
• Has high expectations
with unconditional
acceptance
• Sees student
separate from
behavior
Kohn promotes…
• Working with children
to encourage their
social and moral
development which
means…
Utilizing children’s need…
• To be able to make
their own decisions
• To belong
• To learn and apply
learning
So focus on…
• Learning
• Classroom
environment
• Set of values vs rules
• Natural curiosity and
need to learn
Community environment has
• No competition
• No rewards
• Words of
encouragement
• Respect
• Sense of belonging
• Class meetings
When misbehavior happens…
• Focus on curriculum
• What is the purpose
of the task?
• Is the learner
constructing new
information?
Emphasize a curriculum based on
• Students’ affinities
• Opportunities to
construct new
knowledge
• Working with peers
• Group projects
• Multiple learning
styles
Remember students are…
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Compassionate
Sympathetic
Courteous
Curious
Constructivists
creating their own
knowledge
Go to this website and read…
• http://www.educationworld.com/a_issues/chat/chat031.shtml
• Following your reading go to our
discussion board on Blackboard and share
your opinion of text that impacted your
thinking about Beyond Discipline and
classroom management.
Second trip to discussion board…
• Read responses made by classmates and
respond to one or more giving feedback to
their responses.
Write a reflection of Beyond
Discipline and put in digital drop
• Ideas and suggestions you find
appealing and compatible with your
personality and philosophy
• Ideas and suggestions with which you
disagree
• Your appraisal of the model
– its practicality and
– ease of implementation
References
• Charles, C. (2005). Building classroom discipline
(8th ed.). Boston: Pearson Education, INC.
• Levin, J. & Nolan, J. (2007). Principles of
classroom management: A professional
decision-making model (5th ed.). Boston:
Pearson Education, INC.
• Manning, M. & Bucher, K. (2007). Classroom
management models, applications, and cases
(2nd ed.). Upper Saddle River, NY: Pearson
Education, INC.