Discipline Through Democratic Teaching Confronting Mistaken Goals THE DREIKURS MODEL Discipline Through Democratic Teaching Confronting Mistaken Goals
BIOGRAPHY Created by Rudolf Dreikurs, born in Vienna, Austria in 1897 Received a medical degree from University of Austria Conducted studies on family and childhood counseling with Alfred Adler Immigrated to the U.S. in 1937 and became director of Alfred Adler Instiute of Chicago Served as professor of psychiatry at Chicago Medical School Career focus = family-child counseling
PUBLICATIONS Became recognized in the area of classroom behavior through his books Psychology in the Classroom (1968) Discipline without Tears (1972) (coauthored with Pearl Cassel) Maintaining Sanity in the Classroom (1982) (coauthored with Bernice Grunwald)
His work has been continued through former student, Dr. Linda Albert MORE ABOUT DREIKUR… His work has been continued through former student, Dr. Linda Albert Dr. Linda Albert further created Cooperative Discipline, based on Dreikur’s concepts and added on “Three C’s”: Capable, Connect, Contribute Her work is outlined in her book A Teacher’s Guide to Cooperative Discipline (1989, revised 1996)
DREIKUR’S FOCUS One of the first to explore underlying causes of student misbehavior Democratic classroom and teaching style Identifying and dealing with mistaken goals
DREIKUR’S CONCEPTS AND TECHNIQUES Discipline Autocratic teacher Permissive Teacher Democratic Teacher Democratic Classroom Genuine goal of belonging Mistaken goals (four of them): getting attention, seeking power, seeking revenge, displaying inadequacy Misbehavior Encouragement Logical consequences Punishment
ANALYSIS: TYPES OF DISCIPLINE Self-discipline: grows out of living with reasonable limits on behavior while recognizing that all behavior produces consequences. Aversive discipline: stifles initiative. It imposes unreasonable constraints coupled with harsh consequences when rules are broken.