Many of us who went to school in the 70's still remember to have experienced some hard core discipline methods. I remember a teacher who used to pull the kids by their ears and sometimes using the ruler to call the attention.
Thanks God society has evolved in a direction where nobody can justified those methods, nevertheless along that progress other concepts have shifted the role and uses of discipline. It seems today that even the word "discipline" is banned from our regular vocabulary. The online dictionary defines discipline with terms as: training, correction, punishment, rigor, training effect and other similar words. Another terrible word in today's educational framework is "punishment." Nobody likes to be punished, (including me!) and those two words often come close in context.
Discipline, still today, is needed for our society to function. Who doesn't need training? and who doesn't need correction? which area of education does not need rigor? The industrialized countries have become what they are now, due to effort, hard work, rigor and sacrifice.
Let's go back to the classroom and the school climate. We don't need a profound research to realize that a high percentage of our students today have a misconception of "discipline". Many consider discipline as an aggression within a word that promotes "my way". Commonly, the teacher becomes the "bad" guy.
In spite the poor acceptance of discipline and the bad reputation that it has, the good news is: it still works! The young generation may seem to be very knowledgeable in technology and computers, but they still need the school with discipline. Why? because they are still in development, their brains are still molding, they are still developing their social skills. I am almost sure that the mayor influence that a student can have from a teacher comes from their school days. As mature as they look, until the very last day of their high school they are the teacher responsibility. Teachers can still influence them in many positive ways. Because they still look at the teachers as adults, second parents or relatives. The college experience begins to shift roles. New responsibilities arise. The teacher's influences are moved towards professional success, and perhaps habits, understanding and rules follow up are less likely to change.
I have learned over the pass of the years that consistency and clarity of rules/expectations, eventually give results. Yes, it still works, the young minds of our dear students can still be influenced when the teacher does it correctly.
David Nino-
Thanks God society has evolved in a direction where nobody can justified those methods, nevertheless along that progress other concepts have shifted the role and uses of discipline. It seems today that even the word "discipline" is banned from our regular vocabulary. The online dictionary defines discipline with terms as: training, correction, punishment, rigor, training effect and other similar words. Another terrible word in today's educational framework is "punishment." Nobody likes to be punished, (including me!) and those two words often come close in context.
Discipline, still today, is needed for our society to function. Who doesn't need training? and who doesn't need correction? which area of education does not need rigor? The industrialized countries have become what they are now, due to effort, hard work, rigor and sacrifice.
Let's go back to the classroom and the school climate. We don't need a profound research to realize that a high percentage of our students today have a misconception of "discipline". Many consider discipline as an aggression within a word that promotes "my way". Commonly, the teacher becomes the "bad" guy.
In spite the poor acceptance of discipline and the bad reputation that it has, the good news is: it still works! The young generation may seem to be very knowledgeable in technology and computers, but they still need the school with discipline. Why? because they are still in development, their brains are still molding, they are still developing their social skills. I am almost sure that the mayor influence that a student can have from a teacher comes from their school days. As mature as they look, until the very last day of their high school they are the teacher responsibility. Teachers can still influence them in many positive ways. Because they still look at the teachers as adults, second parents or relatives. The college experience begins to shift roles. New responsibilities arise. The teacher's influences are moved towards professional success, and perhaps habits, understanding and rules follow up are less likely to change.
I have learned over the pass of the years that consistency and clarity of rules/expectations, eventually give results. Yes, it still works, the young minds of our dear students can still be influenced when the teacher does it correctly.
David Nino-