Alfie Kohn Blaming the Kids

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Alfie KohnBlaming the Kids

• Marketing of discipline material
• Books, videos, workshops
• Full of suggestions gtgt
• on how to make students act appropriately
• or the teachers way
• Targeting teachers who are not likely reconsider
  their requests to students

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Market discipline programs focus on

• Getting students compliance
• Looking at students who do not do requests
• not on
• what the students are being asked to do
• Example legs crossed, arms folded, not
  moving..
• 1- Why ASSERTIVE DISCIPLINE programs do not look
  into the appropriateness of the behavioural
  requests?

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• Kohn behaviourist views
• Authors position on concept that students
  choose to (mis)behave
• Curriculum students behavioural responses
• What students have been asked to learn
• Discipline Programs self-esteem
• Make students feel capable of obeying

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• Problem on childrens motivation or on assignment
  design/content?
• WORK IN GROUPS
• Re-read the article and write
• on poster two QUESTIONS
• for all of us to answer