DISCIPLINE WITH DIGNITY Richard Curwin and Allen Mendler Biographical Information Richard L. Curwin received a degree from the University of Massachusetts in English and later added a Doctorate of Education from the same institution. Before his work with Mendler he was also a seventh-grade teacher. Allen Mendler‚ with a background as a consultant in both the psychological and educational fields‚ places an emphasis on developing effective frameworks and strategies for educators.
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Discipline Children Some parents often assume that disciplining a child means having control over him or her. They also believe it can only be accomplished through punishment which is often ineffective because there is little to no teaching involved. However‚ discipline is important training and crucial to the development of children. This is why parents should discipline their children; starting in the toddlers‚ then elementary aged children‚ and teens. Parents start to discipline their
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Children’s Discipline As a parent of a three year old little girl‚ I know firsthand that time-out and discipline like that does not work well. When she acts up‚ she needs a good old-fashioned spanking. There are many people that claim spankings teach bad behaviors and scar children in the long run. I am here to say that I absolutely got my fair share of spankings when I was younger and I turned out just fine. Disciplining our children is one of the most important parts of parenting that there is
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Positive Discipline Parents who love their children have a responsibility to guide‚ love‚ teach and discipline them towards appropriate behavior. Barakat and Clark (2007) say that negative actions such as spanking can interfere with a child’s healthy development. For example: spanking a child for inappropriate behavior teaches them‚ that physical force is appropriate in disciplining bad behavior. Encouraging good behavior can lessen the time it takes to correct him‚ or her for mistakes. Positive
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Chapter 5: DISCIPLINE 1. Definition. a. According to the dictionary‚ discipline is: 1. Training that is expected to produce a specific character or pattern of behavior‚ especially training that produces moral or mental improvement. 2. Controlled behavior resulting from disciplinary training. 3. A systematic method to obtain obedience. 4. A state of order based upon submission to rules and authority. 5. To train by instruction and control. b. Discipline is a learned behavior. It is much more than
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LIBERTY UNIVERSITY THE CELEBRATION OF DISCIPLINE A Paper Submitted to Dr. David Kitchens In Partial Fulfillment Of the Requirements for the Course Personal Evangelism EVAN 565 BY SAMUEL MARRERO 17 DECEMBER 2009 TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction .........................................................................................................................3 Nature…………………………………………..………….................................................3 Purpose……………………………………………… .....
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Classroom Discipline: Teaching Stability‚ Order‚ Respect and the Value of Law. Effective discipline is a challenge for all educators. “The issue of discipline‚ also referred to as classroom management‚ continues to surface as one of the most challenging problems in education today” (“The Discipline Dilemma: Problems and Promises.”). Research suggests in order to maintain a well-disciplined classroom‚ teachers must establish rules and expectations‚ enforce limits of rules‚ encourage and reinforce
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Ch1: Disciplines of the Learning Organization Systems Thinking Personal Mastery Mental Models Building Shared Vision Team Learning Ch2: Does your team have a Learning Disability? The seven learning disabilities of an organization I am my position - only own results from my little group. Can only do this job and it’s the only one that matters. The enemy is out there - not my fault The illusion of taking charge - proactiveness should not be pre-emptive attack. Should come from seeing how
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Self discipline seems to have dropped out of our culture as an admirable trait. The way successful celebrities are presented in our society can fool us into believing that great success is easy - almost like a product you can buy off the shelf. But prolonged self discipline is the reality behind the appearance. When you go to see a movie you don’t see the thousands of hours of effort that went into it. The singer Eddie Cantor said it had taken him twenty years to become an overnight success.
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Disciplining Children Although there are over a million ways to discipline a child‚ I feel as though the more effective way is through positive discipline. What that means is the beatings and hitting and yelling is not called for. The first positive discipline technique is role modeling. Children can learn more about behavior by watching adults or peers that they look up to doing the right thing. Another way is attention ignore‚ Children repeat behaviors that get attention if you ignore them they
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