Applying discipline strategies in the
classroom
Natalia Martínez CamachoLinda Lucia Callejas Afanador
Let’s watch a short video…
Would you like to be the teacher of that class?
Were there inappropriate
behaviors?
Do you think students
know that their
behaviors are not
considered appropriate
for that context?
Is it important to let students know what
kind of behaviors are expected from
them?
Would codes of conduct prevent
those inappropriate behaviors from
happening?
That’s why…
Workshop Rules
2. Participate actively and enthusiastically.
3. Raise your hand to participate.
4. Be open to new concepts and ideas.
5. Respect speaking turns.
6. Respect each other’s ideas.
7. Follow instructions.
8. Be supportive rather than judgmental.
9. Confine your discussion to the current topic.
10.Ask questions only for the purpose of gaining clarity and understanding.
11.Stay until the end of the session.
12.Be kind with your words and actions.
13.Share relevant information.
14.Be fully present.
1. Keep phones on silent or vibrate mode during the session.
What we did was…
Done step by step.
PREVENTIVE STRATEGIES
Step 1 Choose your approach.
Step 2Raise
students awareness.
Step 3 Set limits.
Step 4Consequences
Preventive discipline
Preventive Discipline Strategies
It refers to the strategies that teachers use to prevent student misbehavior.
Some preventive strategies are:
Establish classroom rules and consequences with student input.
Establish and teach classroom routines.
Establish effective transition procedures for students moving between activities.
Teach students: anger/stress management and/or conflict resolution skills.
Provide lessons that are relevant and of high interest.
Avoid language that is overly authoritative or condescending.
Deliver warnings and reminders in a calm manner.
SUPPORTIVE STRATEGIES
SUPPORTIVE STRATEGIES
Measures taken to assist students with self-control by helping them get back on task.
C. Community involvement
D. Classroom responsibilities
A. catching student’s attention
B. offering a verbal warning.
TASK: ROLE-PLAY
The student in
class who
persistently
arrives late or
leaves early.
Elementary grade
students exhibiting
undesirable
classroom
behaviors such as
wandering around
the room.
Elementary grade
students with
behaviors such as
temper tantrums.
No 1 No 2 No 3
TASK: ROLE-PLAY
Personalities clash
between students.
Students "bother" their
classmates by poking,
pushing, interrupting,
and ridiculing them.
No 4 No 5
CORRECTIVE STRATEGIES
It refers to consequences deliver to students.
A. Options for distracting behaviorsReinforcement scheduleContractSelf-monitoring
B. Options for Controlling BehaviorsTalking ticketsLet’s chatTokens
C. Options for Anger/Violent BehaviorsChill-Out TimeChat Time With Students
CORRECTIVE STRATEGIES
A. options for distracting behaviors.
B. options for controlling behaviors.
C. options for anger/violent behaviors
Use of profanity or derogatory language.
Use of cell phones or other electronic devices in the classroom .
One child attempted to interrupt with peers from any location in the room.
TASK:
Talking when the instructor or others are speaking.
Frequently entering class late or leaving early.
Eating in class.
Failing to respect the rights of other students to express their viewpoints.
Verbal abuse (e.g., taunting, badgering, intimidation).
Physical violence (e.g., shoving, grabbing, assault, use of weapons).
How do we know that discipline
strategies work?
We carried out a research study.
Research Question
How effective are preventive, supportive and corrective discipline strategies as a way to cope with, avoid and reduce disruptive behavior?
Literature ReviewDisruptive behavior
Disruptive behaviors are attitudes that inhibit the achievement of the teacher’s purposes (Levin and Nolan 1996).
According to Nordahl (1998) the mentioned behaviors can be classified into 4 categories:
1. Behaviour, which influence upon the teaching process and the pupils learning process.2. Social isolation.3. Out acting behavior. 4. Norm breaking and criminal behavior.
Classroom management
Groves (2009) describes classroom management as “your
personal toolkit of policies, actions and words, which you use to
keep your classroom functioning smoothly and your students
working safely and efficiently”.
Literature Review
Discipline strategies
Literature Review
Strategies used to maintain discipline.
1. Preventive strategies
2. Supportive strategies
3. Corrective strategies
Methodology1. Choosing an approach: collaborative approach (rating scale)
2. Selecting discipline strategies: 2.1 Preventive strategy; rationale, setting rules and establishing consequences. 2.1 Supportive strategy; verbal warning and catching students’ attention. 2.2 Corrective strategy; whole monitoring, chat time and tokens
3. Collecting and analyzing data; anecdotal record and teacher’s diary.
Findings
Students considered preventive strategies to be very effective.
Students were able to identify corrective strategies as they occurred in the classroom.
We found out that most of the disruptive behavior decreased when we applied the preventive strategy.
Using supportive and corrective strategies was not as effective as using preventive strategies since with the former students stopped misbehaving just temporarily.
Pedagogical implications
This study is of highly importance to show teachers that
there are certain techniques and strategies to be used
when different disruptive behaviors are presented in the
classroom.
If we expect effective outcomes from the application of
discipline strategies, we must devote some time on
preparing and teaching our students the appropriate
behaviors in the classroom. It is a long on-going process
and we should bear in mind that consistency is the key to
having long-lasting results.
Pedagogical implications
Questions?
This workshop wouldn’t have been possible without the help and support of a very special person…
Thank you Professor Raúl García!
Step 1Choose your approach.
Teacher-centered
Collaborative
Student-centered
Theoretical approaches
to classroom management
Step 2Raise students awareness.
Students should be aware of:
Appropriate/ Inappropriate behaviors
Behavioral expectations
Reason for the expectations
Step 3
Set limits.
Establishing classroom
rules
Work together with students
Limited number of rules
Positive statements
Visible
Consistency
Students’ explicit commitment
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Step 4Consequences.
Establishing Consequences
Rewards
Punishment
Logical consequences
…To take into account…
Step 4Consequences.
Take into account:
School policiesStudents’ age
Consequences should be:
FairAccording to the action