Discipline With Dignity

Educators know that we must have safe schools. Teaching and reinforcing responsible human behavior is the core of "Discipline with Dignity." How do you achieve discipline and positive behaviors in a classroom or school? This book offers specific ways to involve students in defining classroom procedures, rules, and consequences based on values or principles compatible with learning. Curwin and Mendler identify strategies for working with children who are physically aggressive and explode without provocation. The basic strategies include prevention, action, and resolution; the authors expand on those ideas and share examples and practical applications for educators. Curwin and Mendler explain the principles and related strategies that are as applicable to the problems faced in inner-city schools as they are rural and suburban schools. Current educational initiatives that improve both achievement and behavior, including cooperative learning, multiple intelligences, constructivism, inclusion, and brain-based learning, are all compatible with "Discipline with Dignity" and attest to the continuing relevance of the strategies involved. More than 10 years after the initial publication of "Discipline with Dignity," Curwin and Mendler have added a new introduction in which they reflect on why and how their approach to discipline works in today's society. Treating students and educators with dignity will never go out of fashion. Acknowledgments......Page 7 Introduction......Page 9 1—Discipline......Page 16 2—Dignity and Responsibility in the Classroom......Page 35 3—Three-Dimensional Discipline......Page 47 4—The Social Contract......Page 62 5—Consequences......Page 80 6—Taking Action......Page 109 7—Stress and Discipline......Page 128 8—Creative Discipline for Out-of-Control Students......Page 150 9—Discipline and the Process of Teaching......Page 174 10—Special Problems......Page 197 11—Twenty Questions......Page 240 12—Conclusion......Page 256 Appendix A: Behavior Management Inventory......Page 257 Appendix B: School Discipline Survey......Page 262 Bibliography......Page 274 Index......Page 283 About the Authors......Page 291 Discipline with Dignity offers specific ways to involve students in defining classroom procedures, rules, and consequences based on values or principles compatible with learning. Curwin and Mendler identify strategies for working with children who are physically aggressive and explode without provocation. The basic strategies include prevention, action, and resolution; the authors expand on those ideas and share examples and practical applications for educators. Curwin and Mendler explain the principles and related strategies that are as applicable to the problems faced in inner-city schools as they are to rural and suburban schools. This completely updated 3rd edition emphasizes the prevention of discipline problems by helping students develop responsibility for their own actions, but the authors also include intervention strategies for handling common and severe problems in dignified ways. Provides information on an affirming approach to classroom discipline that promotes respect for self and others, with emphasis on specific strategies and structures that help students become successful.