Sometimes it pays to allow kids to see the ex-tremes of a continuum. Like with my own
sonsonce they were yelling and hitting each other. I said," All right, if you want to hit and hurt …

Discipline persistently remains as a crucial issue in the schools and is generally viewed as
the single greatest problem in the classroom. Conflicting notions about discipline have …

Discipline and Education David A. Gray The word" discipline" has numerous meanings.
Here the author explores some educators' definitions, and adds his own analysis of …

The boy stood sullenly in front of my desk, hostile yet apprehensive. Glancing at the card he
had brought with him, I saw that it was the same old trouble. Jim had already been sent to …

Itwas a heavy snowfall for the first one of the year, even for a town in northern
Massachusetts. Outside the classroom, sev¬ eral inches of the white stuff could be seen over …

Offers suggestions to junior high school teachers regarding discipline policy. Suggestions
are: explain basic rules during the first weeks of school; vary teaching techniques to avoid …

Recently, a teacher, very much con-. cerned about the behavior of several pupils, asked the
writer," Isn't there any more discipline?" Such a question, of course, discloses that teacher's …

1. The teacher gives precept without example. She uses theory and practice, but it is her
theory and the child's practice. She should practice the thing herself, and then get the child …

In the face of uncertainty many persons tend to regress to simple and primitive ways of
dealing with difficulties. In times of strain and anxiety there are demands for speeded-up …

DISCIPLINE of children has been beset in recent years by many new and complicating
considerations. The more we have learned about youngsters, the more our ideas and …