ED2425 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Rudolf Dreikurs, Attention Seeking, Collaborative Learning
Classroom Management Extended Essay Personal
Management Approach
Body Paragraph One: The Nature of Children
Choice Theory: (William Glasser)
- Students are driven by innate needs for survival, love, belonging, power, freedom, and fun
o Survival is our biological need to continue to exist
▪ Emotional and physical security
o As human beings we need to love and be loved
▪ To be accepted by others for what we are
▪ Students usually try to satisfy their needs to belong through behaviour designed to
get attention
o We all need to feel sufficient power to regulate our lives
▪ Teachers can allow students to achieve success and recognised for
accomplishments
o Students need to feel in control of their own lives, and also need to be free from control of
others
▪ Allows children to be responsible
▪ Teacher provide freedom gradually allowing students to learn to self govern
Positive Behaviour Leadership: (Bill Rogers)
- Students learn self-discipline, self control and responsibility as they are socialized into the group
o Right to be treated equally
Body Paragraph Two: The Degree of Control and Coercion
Positive Behaviour Leadership: (Bill Rogers)
- Classes are small communities of learners, and teachers relate to students as community members
o Teachers should examine their expectations of students
o Allows students to fulfil their potential
o Clear communication of expectations
o Discipline respectfully
Pain Model: (Patrick Connor)
- Build relationships, not control
o Control needs to be replaced by non-judgmental, non-punitive, and non-blameful
interactions
o Strong relationships between teachers, students, and parents, allow for the basis of
intervention and the means of moving forward to improve the situation
▪ Aim is to build strong relationships first
▪ Then modify or teach more appropriate behaviours to students
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Document Summary
Students are driven by innate needs for survival, love, belonging, power, freedom, and fun: survival is our biological need to continue to exist. Emotional and physical security: as human beings we need to love and be loved. To be accepted by others for what we are: students usually try to satisfy their needs to belong through behaviour designed to get attention, we all need to feel sufficient power to regulate our lives. Teachers can allow students to achieve success and recognised for accomplishments: students need to feel in control of their own lives, and also need to be free from control of others, allows children to be responsible. Teacher provide freedom gradually allowing students to learn to self govern. Students learn self-discipline, self control and responsibility as they are socialized into the group: right to be treated equally. Body paragraph two: the degree of control and coercion.
