Clarifying Teachers' Beliefs About Discipline

Abstract

Student discipline is consistently a primary con cern of teachers and citizens. 1 In fact, teachers' in ability to manage students effectively is the main source of dissatisfaction for two-thirds of today's teachers. 2 Numerous books have been written to assist teachers with discipline problems, and there are many courses and workshops to choose from, ranging from behavior modification methods to reality therapy to effectiveness training. But the increasing number of choices makes decisions more difficult, especially for beginning teachers whose teacher prep aration programs gave them little exposure to disci pline strategies, and who have yet to develop their own styles. We have developed a way for teachers to clarify their beliefs on discipline so they can select strategies with which they are comfortable. Self-concept the orists, including Lecky3 , Kelley4, Snygg and Combs5

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