GUIDANCE VS DISCIPLINE

CASE STUDIES AND VIEWPOINTS ABOUT

CLASSROOM DISCIPLINE
 STUDENTS WRITE GRAFFITI ON THE WALLS
BACKGROUND

AFTER CLASS ONE DAY MS. ROBINSON, THE EIGHTH-GRADE PHYSICAL

EDUCATION TEACHER, CAUGHT TWO GIRLS WRITING ON THE BATHROOM

WALLS. SINCE SEVERAL OTHER STUDENTS WERE PRESENT AT THE TIME, MS.

ROBINSON WANTED TO BE CERTAIN SHE COULD HANDLE THE SITUATION IN A

POSITIVE MANNER.

PROBLEM

A TEACHER WISHES TO REPRIMAND TWO STUDENTS CAUGHT

WRITING ON THE WALLS, AND HOPES, AT THE SAME TIME, TO APPROACH THE

PROBLEM IN A POSITIVE WAY.

 CASE STUDIES AND VIEWPOINTS ABOUT
CLASSROOM DISCIPLINE
 STUDENTS WRITE GRAFFITI ON THE WALLS

DISCUSSION QUESTIONS

1. IS THERE A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MALICIOUS DESTRUCTIVENESS OF

SCHOOL PROPERTY AND WRITING ON WALLS AND DESKS?

2. WHAT CAN TEACHERS DO TO LET STUDENTS WRITE GRAFFITI IN AN

ACCEPTABLE LOCATION?

3. WHY DO YOU THINK STUDENTS WRITE ON WALLS AND DESKS?

4. HOW CAN A TEACHER SHOW DISAPPROVAL OF AN ACTION WITHOUT

EMBARRASSING A STUDENT IN FRONT OF PEERS?

 CASE STUDIES AND VIEWPOINTS ABOUT
CLASSROOM DISCIPLINE
 STUDENTS WRITE GRAFFITI ON THE WALLS

POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS

1. THE TEACHER SHOULD ASK THE GIRLS TO REMAIN AFTER THE CLASS

TO WASH OFF THE WALLS.

2. THE TEACHER SHOULD ESTABLISH A SPECIAL BULLETIN BOARD WHERE

STUDENTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO WRITE WHAT THEY WANT WITHOUT

FEAR OF PUNISHMENT.
 CASE STUDIES AND VIEWPOINTS ABOUT
CLASSROOM DISCIPLINE
 STUDENT WEARS INAPPROPRIATE CLOTHING

BACKGROUND

MR. REYES, THE EIGHTH-GRADE SCIENCE TEACHER NOTICED THAT

ONE OF HIS STUDENTS CAME TO SCHOOL DRESSED IN A BLOUSE WHICH

ALLOWED HER MIDRIFF TO SHOW. SCHOOL POLICY FORBIDS THE

WEARING OF SUCH APPAREL, AND MR REYES ENCOURAGES HIS

STUDENTS TO ABIDE BY THE DRESS CODE AT THE SAME TIME, HE WISHED

TO BE TACTFUL ABOUT THE SITUATION. IT WAS THE LAST WEEK OF

SCHOOL.
 CASE STUDIES AND VIEWPOINTS ABOUT
CLASSROOM DISCIPLINE
 STUDENT WEARS INAPPROPRIATE CLOTHING

PROBLEM

A MALE TEACHER IS CONCERNED ABOUT CALLING A FEMALE

STUDENTS ATTENTION TO A VIOLATION OF THE DRESS CODE.

DISCUSSION QUESTIONS

1. ARE DRESS CODES SOMEWHAT OUTDATED THESE DAYS?

2. WHO SHOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR WRITING DRESS CODES?

3. CAN YOU SEE LOGICAL REASONS FOR CERTAIN DRESS REGULATIONS?

4. IF YOU WERE A TEACHER, HOW WOULD YOU HANDLE THE SITUATION?

 CASE STUDIES AND VIEWPOINTS ABOUT
CLASSROOM DISCIPLINE
 STUDENT WEARS INAPPROPRIATE CLOTHING

POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS

1. MR. REYES COULD CALL THE STUDENT ASIDE AND EXPLAIN THAT HER DRESS IS

NOT APPROPRIATE FOR SCHOOL. MR REYES ALSO COULD LEAD A CLASS

DISCUSSION ON THE IMPORTANCE OF WEARING PROPER DRESS CODE.

2. MR. REYES COULD SEND THE STUDENT TO THE COUNSELOR, WHO WOULD THEN

EXPLAIN THE SCHOOL POLICY ABOUT THE PROPER DRESS CODE OF THE

SCHOOL.

3. MR. REYES COULD EXPLAIN THAT HE DID NOT WRITE THE DRESS CODE, BUT HE

NEED TO ENFORCE IT TO THE STUDENTS. THEREFORE, THE STUDENT MUST

FOLLOW THE SCHOOL POLICY.

 DISCIPLINE STRATEGY

 A discipline strategy that works with one child may not

work with another. Effective guidance and discipline

focus on the development of the child. They also

preserve the child's self-esteem and dignity. ... Teaching

children self-discipline is a demanding task.