CLASSROOM

MANAGEMENT
THEORIES
Kirsten Anderson

Rudolf Dreikurs
Based on four basic premises
Humans are social beings and their basic motivation is to belong
All behavior has a purpose
Humans are decision-making organisms
Humans only perceive reality and this perception may be mistaken or biased

Alfie Kohn
Curiosity and cooperation are key in the classroom
Only general standards should be used
Curiosity should govern what is taught
Standardized testing should be thrown out the window
Hands off management
Neither rewards or punishment is necessary

William Glasser
The only person whose behavior we can control is our own
All we can give another person is information
All long-lasting psychological problems are relationship problems
The problem relationship is always part of our present life
What happened in the past has everything to do with what we are today
We can only satisfy our needs by satisfying the pictures in our quality world
All we do is behave
All behavior is total behavior and is made up of four components: acting, thinking, feeling
and physiology
All total behavior is chosen
All total behavior is designated by verbs and named by the part that is most recognizable

Thomas Gordon
Importance of developing meaning and mutually beneficial relationships
Rejects traditional models or reward and punishment
Focuses on how students conflicts can be resolved in a way that will improve
relationships
Conflict is inevitable part of relationships
Communication skills
Behavior window
Determine if a problem exists, who owns it, and what skill can be used to solve it

Haim Ginott
Believed there was no such thing an unacceptable child only unacceptable
behaviors
Remove you statements with I statements
Important to attach rules to objects
Teachers must model communication that is congruent with students emotions and
surroundings
Teachers must include cooperative learning
Important to use discipline in the place of punishment

Burrhus Frederic Skinner

Behaviorism-Operant Conditioning
Reward system
reinforcement

Jacob Kounin
Five main points
with-it-ness
Overlapping
Momentum
Smoothness
Group focus

Fred Jones
PAT program
Disagrees with positive behavior rewards
A successful person must have self motivation
Teachers that use extrinsic motivation for behavior and work completion are killing
students ability to be self motivated

Lee Canter
Assertive discipline
Teacher has the right to determine what is best for students
Teachers must react assertively, opposed to aggressively or non assertively
Democratic and cooperative approach

Harry and Rosemary Wong

Discipline prevents learning and does not stop deviant behavior
3 steop procedure
Explain
Rehearse
Reinforce

My Classroom
3 theorists who's ideas I would like to use in my own classroom are B. F. Skinner, Alfi
Kohn, and Thomas Gordon. Skinner because reward systems to condition students
is all I remember from school, Alfi because he believes the curiosity of the student
should fuel the education process, and Gordon because of his belief in relationships
and how to handle them. In my classroom I believe in using reward/discipline
systems and plan on having a set rule system for such instances. I also believe in
using my students interests to fuel the lessons, the students interests should be
what teachers use when making the lesson plans. Also, I do believe in the
relationships between students and teachers and parents and teachers. I want to
encourage relationships to occur between all groups.