DISCIPLINE

Classroom Management
Discipline
Discipline is controlled behavior.
Causes of Disciplining Problems
1. Unfavorable learning conditions
a) Overcrowded classroom
b) Poor lighting facilities and inadequate
ventilation
c) Disorderly positioned furniture and storage
cabinets
d) Inappropriate seating arrangement
e) Near sources of noise
Causes of Disciplining Problems
2. Students:
a) Socio-economic family backgrounds
b) Disciplinary measures practiced in different
homes
c) Differences in expressing self-control,
patience, and temper when challenged
d) Special interests
e) Problems
f) Relationships with one another
Causes of Disciplining Problems
3. Teachers:
a) Knowledge and skill in employing a wide
range of classroom strategies and procedures
b) Personal and emotional attributes.
Prevention
1. Implement group-oriented methodologies
Cooperative learning approach
Team learning
Peer tutoring
Group projects and collection
2. Teachers personal attributes such as:
Patience
Compassion
Concern and caring attitude
Respect and trust for others
Prevention
3. Teachers personality
Warm, respectable relationship with students
Unpretentious gestures and genuine modes of receiving
students explanations
Facials expressions
Kind words of praise, greetings, encouragement, and
friendly conversations
Caring attitude
Treats students equally well.
4. Teachers teaching style
Common Ways of Establishing Discipline
1. Discipline is the students responsibility
2. Discipline is the teachers way of establishing a
desirable student-oriented environment for
learning.
3. Discipline is coupled with effective teaching
strategies and techniques.
4. Discipline is achieved through the effects of
group dynamics on behavior.
5. Discipline is the teachers responsibility
Some tips to make you a good
disciplinarian
1. Be prepared to prepare a class with multi-behavior
tendencies
2. Know your students well.
3. Show your sincere concern for their welfare.
4. Commendable behavior is reciprocal.
5. Be calm, poised and tactful in solving discipline
problems.
6. Be enthusiastic.
7. Let out your good sense of humor.
8. Speak with a good voice volume.
9. Be humble in words and actions.
Common Ways of Dealing with Discipline
Problems
Unacceptable and Ineffective
Scolding and harsh words
Nagging and faultfinding, together with long
sermons
Keeping a student in a detention area during or
after classes a penalty for misbehavior
Denying a student some privileges due to
unnecessary hyperactivity
Assignment of additional homework compare to
the rest
Common Ways of Dealing with Discipline
Problems
Unacceptable and Ineffective
Use of ridicule or sarcasm
Grades for academic achievement should not be
affected due to misdemeanor.
Common Ways of Dealing with Discipline
Problems
Acceptable and Effective
Use verbal reinforcement that encourages good
behavior and discourages bad tendencies
Use nonverbal gestures to dissuade them from
mischiefs
Dialogues could help in discovering problems and
agreeing on mutually beneficial solutions.
Focus attention on one who is unruly and is about
to disturb the neighbors. Lead him/her to a
secluded area and nicely convince him/her to be
quiet.
Common Ways of Dealing with Discipline
Problems
Acceptable and Effective
Award merits for good behavior and demerit for
inconsistencies and lapses.
A private, one-on-one brief conference could lead
to a better understanding of mistakes that need to
be remedied or improved.
Allow students the freedom to express or explain
agitated feelings and misgivings rather than
censure them right away.
Recap
1. Causes of Disciplining Problems
2. Prevention
3. Common Ways of Establishing Discipline
4. Some tips to make you a good disciplinarian
5. Common Ways of Dealing with Discipline
Problems