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Alfie Kohn“Blaming the Kids”

•Marketing of “discipline” material–Books, videos, workshops

–Full of suggestions >>

on how to make students act “appropriately” or ‘the teacher’s 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:– Author’s 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 children’s 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