Comments on: Classroom Discipline: Don’t Ask Why http://www.insidetheschool.com/articles/classroom-discipline-don%e2%80%99t-ask-why/ Teaching strategies and tips for secondary educators Mon, 30 Jan 2012 17:54:12 -0600 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: diane http://www.insidetheschool.com/articles/classroom-discipline-don%e2%80%99t-ask-why/comment-page-1/#comment-1629 diane Mon, 08 Mar 2010 16:55:36 +0000 http://www.insidetheschool.com/?p=1366#comment-1629 Hi, Linda! Oh, absolutely. I think that engagement is a huge part of reducing discipline issues. However, I've had kids who suffer from the imp of the perverse. Who knows why Josh progressed from drawing on Amanda's folder to drawing on Amanda? Sometimes the WHY just isn't productive. Thanks for the great comment, Linda. Diane Hi, Linda!

Oh, absolutely. I think that engagement is a huge part of reducing discipline issues. However, I've had kids who suffer from the imp of the perverse. Who knows why Josh progressed from drawing on Amanda's folder to drawing on Amanda? Sometimes the WHY just isn't productive.

Thanks for the great comment, Linda.

Diane

]]> By: d25cd56d9cbc04952d39689100b267a3 http://www.insidetheschool.com/articles/classroom-discipline-don%e2%80%99t-ask-why/comment-page-1/#comment-1621 d25cd56d9cbc04952d39689100b267a3 Thu, 04 Mar 2010 05:40:50 +0000 http://www.insidetheschool.com/?p=1366#comment-1621 I propose that students who are actively engaged in their learning will have fewer discipline issues. I propose that teachers who allow the learning to be more student focused and less teacher focused, have fewer discipline issues. I have teachers in my school who very rarely sit down at their desks and whose students are engaged in writing to learn activites, group work, technology based assignments, activities that are scaffolded, etc. The more the students "do" for the lessons, the less they "do" to cause disruptions. Do you agree? I propose that students who are actively engaged in their learning will have fewer discipline issues. I propose that teachers who allow the learning to be more student focused and less teacher focused, have fewer discipline issues. I have teachers in my school who very rarely sit down at their desks and whose students are engaged in writing to learn activites, group work, technology based assignments, activities that are scaffolded, etc. The more the students “do” for the lessons, the less they “do” to cause disruptions. Do you agree?

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