Classroom Discipline: Some Practical Suggestions for Beginning Teachers
Abstract
My first teaching appointment to Cunnamulla Secondary Department in 1975 was indeed a humbling experience. I am constantly reminded of my frustrations experienced as a beginning teacher as I see inexperienced teachers grapple with similar problems now, at Murgon High School.
Against this background, I would like to offer some suggestions for establishing and maintaining classroom discipline. Although these suggestions are specifically directed at beginning teachers in schools with significant proportions of Aboriginal students, they may also be helpful to teachers in other settings, since they are well supported in the literature (see references).
References
Dreikurs R. & Grey L., 1968: Logical Consequences: a New Approach to Discipline. New York , Hawthorn Books.
Glasser W., 1969: Schools Without Failure. New York, Harper & Row.
Lewis R. & Lovegrove M. : Pupils on punishment. Set, 1983, No. 1.
Wayson W.W. & Lasley T.J. : Climates for excellence: Schools that foster self-discipline. Phi Delta Kappan, 1984, 65(6), 419–421.
Wilkins R. : Classroom discipline. Set, 1984, No. 2.
