Contemplation for Change Part of the Cure Or Part of the Disease

Multiple studies indicate that on average 55% of class time is spent dealing with classroom management issues. Howell and Nolet (2000) Curriculum Based Evalutation Howell and Nolet (2000) Curriculum Based Evalutation

Student discipline problems are one of the principle reasons for teacher failure and stress. (Blaise & Pajak, 1985). (Blaise & Pajak, 1985).

…neither is survival W. Edwards Deming Learning is not compulsory….

The focus, contrary to the teachings of behaviourism, should always be on the person acting and the reasons for actions, not merely on the behaviour. J.F. Covaleskie (1992) Discipline and Morality: Beyond rules and consequences. J.F. Covaleskie (1992) Discipline and Morality: Beyond rules and consequences.

Our desire should be to help children act responsibly, not just behave manageably. J.F. Covaleskie (1992) Discipline and Morality: Beyond rules and consequences. J.F. Covaleskie (1992) Discipline and Morality: Beyond rules and consequences.

Give me a child and I'll shape him into anything B. F. Skinner

Widely Held Expectations and Outcomes of Schools Student who are: Educated Self-relient Socially skilled Responsible Caring Creative Inquisitive Critical Confident

The unsettling news is that rewards and punishments are worthless at best, and destructive at worst, for helping children develop such values and skills Alfie Kohn

Curse missed opportunities Am I, a part of the cure Or am I part of the disease ? Coldplay Coldplay

I did not direct my life. I didn't design it. I never made decisions. Things always came up and made them for me. That's what life is. B. F. Skinner

All behaviour is total behaviour and is made up of four inseparable components: ActingThinkingFeelingPhysiology William Glasser

If we ever do end up acting just like rats or Pavlov's dogs, it will be largely because behaviorism has conditioned us to do so. Richard Rosen

Unsatisfying or disconnecting relationships are the source of almost all crime, addiction, and mental illness, as well as marital, family and school failure. William Glasser (1998) Choice Theory

The only person who is educated is the one who has learned how to learn and change. Carl Rogers

Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar. Sigmund Freud

"We cannot expect that students will profit from the incongruous messages we send when we manage for obedience and “yet” teach for exploration and risk taking…..

….educators have created an oxymoron; a curriculum that urges problem solving and critical thinking and a management system that requires compliance and narrow obedience. McCaslin & Good (1992) Compliant Cognition: The Misalliance of Management and Instructional Goals in Current School Reform

The only person whose behaviour we can control is our own. William Glasser

The great question that has never been answered, and which I have not yet been able to answer, despite my thirty years of research into the feminine soul, is… Sigmund Freud "What does a woman want?"

We’ve progressed from a society of farm workers… to factory workers…to knowledge workers….now we’re progressing yet again… ….to a society of creators, empathizers, of pattern recognizers and meaning makers. Dan Pink A Whole New Mind

Begin with the end in mind. Habit 2 Stephen Covey The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People

Never doubt that a small, group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has. Margaret Mead

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