1. Alfie Kohn “Blaming the Kids”
Marketing of “discipline” material
Books, videos, workshops
Full of suggestions >>
on how to make students act “appropriately”
or ‘the teacher’s way’
Targeting teachers who are not likely reconsider their requests to students

2. Market discipline programs focus on
Getting students’ compliance
Looking at students who do not do requests
not on
what the students are being asked to do
Example: “legs crossed, arms folded, not moving..”
1- Why ASSERTIVE DISCIPLINE programs do not look into the appropriateness of the behavioural requests?

3. Kohn & behaviourist views:
Author’s position on concept that students choose to (mis)behave
Curriculum & students’ behavioural responses:
What students have been asked to learn
Discipline Programs & self-esteem:
Make students feel capable… of obeying

4. Problem on children’s motivation or on assignment design/content?
WORK IN GROUPS:
Re-read the article and write
on poster two QUESTIONS
for all of us to answer