1. Discipline Through Democratic Teaching Confronting Mistaken Goals
THE DREIKURS MODEL
Discipline Through Democratic Teaching
Confronting Mistaken Goals

2. 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

3. 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)

4. 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)

5. 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

6. 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

7. 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.