This mini-guide/workbook on classroom management provides teachers with an introduction to principles used in many accountability plans and helps them to devise a more systematic method of improving discipline in order to produce more student achievement. Part one of the guide deals with approach behavior management, i.e., the student's behavior…

A sample of 108 elementary student teachers was administered the Pupil Control Ideology Form (PCI Form) before and after student teaching. The student teachers' perceptions of their cooperating teachers' pupil control ideology were measured using a modification of the same form. "Socialization pressure," the difference between the…

This paper develops three theses: 1) education generally and teacher education in particular are disadvantaged by faulty governance systems and structures; 2) many of the problems of education stem directly or indirectly from these faulty structures; and 3) there is urgent need for a whole new set of assumptions about the governance of teacher…

The author discusses the connection between corporal punishment and child abuse; analyzes the difference between discipline and abuse; and asserts that there are sociological, psychological, and biological characteristics typical of promoters of corporal punishment. (CL)

The author analyzes the power structure of the social science professions. He discusses the doctrine of the professions, the theory of the competition of the elites and the universities and professional elitism. For journal availability see SO 504 516. (Author/RM)

In the institutionalized, archaic schools of today there is no peace and order, nor are students being given love and attention as individuals. The atmosphere in huge school plants is a cross between a factory and a prison, and is massively inhumane. (Author/IRT)

Returning to corporal punishment will not solve school discipline problems. Rather, teachers need more training and support, and disruptive students need more direct service, as do their parents. (MJB)

An index of concentration for rank-frequency distributions is proposed which permits comparison of subject and journal concentration in various fields. Applications of the measure to different aspects of bibliometrics are suggested. (Author)

Recent developments in history and the social sciences are moving toward a mode of historical inquiry which promises to contribute to scientific knowledge of human behavior. This mainly involves the use of quantitative methods and materials in historical research. (Author/AV)

Social psychology's current crisis largely reflects the division of the field into three increasingly isolated domains: psychological social psychology, symbolic interactionism, and psychological sociology. Brief critical discussion of these facets indicates that the strengths of each complement the weaknesses in the others, highlighting a need…

The answer to better discipline is giving students a stake in the school, caring for them, and teaching them without failure. (Author)

In rank ordering discipline problems, approximately 37 percent of one group of teachers rated the teacher's failure to motivate students as the most important. (IRT)

Outlines how to carry out investigations of student fights. Includes recommendations and procedures for interrogating witnesses and possible offenders. (MD)

Preventive discipline in early childhood programs is discussed in terms of the importance of establishing class routines and rules, making smooth transitions, helping children learn to work in groups and to work independently, and understanding the definition of a good disciplinarian. (DB)