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Peer reviewedYoung Children, 1997
Presents a case study involving a primary grade student who has been caught stealing, offering differing perspectives on how the teacher should handle the situation. Each proposed solution draws on the NAEYC's code of ethics, offers analysis of student's behavior, and makes recommendations for disciplinary action that may or may not involve the…
Descriptors: Child Behavior, Classroom Techniques, Codes of Ethics, Discipline
Peer reviewedJanas, Monica – Journal of Early Education and Family Review, 2001
Examines the role and effects of negative responses and uncooperative behavior in young children. Describes four basic types of uncooperative responses. Offers eight strategies for managing inappropriate responses before they become barriers to learning and development, as well as suggestions for teacher monitoring of their own attitudes. (SD)
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Patterns, Behavior Problems, Change Strategies
Texas Child Care, 1996
Asserts that children vary in the amount of sleep they need but that rest is important. Gives advice in response to caregiver questions concerning child naptime, including determining length of nap, getting children settled, providing a conducive classroom environment, dealing with resistance, and addressing parental concerns. (BGC)
Descriptors: Child Behavior, Child Caregivers, Classroom Environment, Early Childhood Education
Peer reviewedRightmyer, Elizabeth Campbell – Young Children, 2003
Describes one teachers' system of democratic discipline in which the children deliberate and construct the list of rules for the classroom. Addresses: (1) introducing democratic discipline; (2) daily routine; (3) typical problems, typical solutions; (4) novel solutions; (5) recurring problems; (6) unintended results; (7) context for children's…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Behavior Standards, Behavioral Objectives, Child Behavior
Peer reviewedO'Shaughnessy, Molly – NAMTA Journal, 1998
Draws on contemporary sources to provide strategies for cultivating self-discipline. Advocates self-healing for the adult to be free from destructive attitudes and personal history that can keep adults from being mindful of the child's needs, perspective, and potential. Concludes with ways to facilitate a truly Montessori approach to discipline.…
Descriptors: Adult Development, Child Behavior, Child Development, Discipline
Peer reviewedKohn, Alfie – NAMTA Journal, 1998
Defines the distinction between a "doing to" approach to children as the imposition of adult will on children and the "working with" approach as good listening, responsive teaching, and a collaborative approach of community-building. Challenges Montessori teachers to improve their craft and move from "doing to" to…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Child Behavior, Classroom Communication, Classroom Environment
Wolfgang, Charles H.; Wolfgang, Mary E. – 1995
Disciplining is an active teaching and learning process of helping young children become cooperative people who can acquire self-discipline. This book provides three broad philosophies for dealing with misbehavior and difficult children. Chapter 1 offers an overview of the Teacher Behavior Continuum. Chapter 2 provides a detailed explanation of…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Problems, Child Behavior, Classroom Environment
