DREIKURS MODEL LOGICAL

CONSEQUENCES

Basic Assumptions• Inappropriate behaviour is motivated by the need to gain attention

• When the motive of gaining attention is satisfied, it manifested

inappropriate behaviour associated with other motives

• By helping students find other ways to satisfy their needs, inappropriate

behaviour can be terminated

• By having teachers help students explore why they behave as they do,

children can understand their own motives and consequently eliminate

misbehaviour

Motives for Behaviour

Gaining

attention

Exercising

power

Exacting

revenge

Displaying

inadequacy

Gaining Attention

• Not to give all your attention active constructive students while

ignoring or overlooking passive constructive students

• Praise students’ efforts, not just their end results

Exercising Power• Engaging in power contest never benefits the teacher: de-escalate, don’t

escalate

• Class discussion and present a more useful

Exacting Revenge• Student claim to have been dealt unfairly after their attention seeking is

thwarted, so they attempt to “get even”

• Provoke others to retaliate destructive classroom behaviours

• Teacher must realise that students lash out because they are hurt

• Confront the student privately and discuss

Displaying Inadequacy• Fail to achieve a sense of self-worth, discouraged and give up

• Main goal: left alone, avoiding any further public failure

• Teacher must focus on giving student individual attention