Beyond Discipline : From Compliance to Community, 10th Anniversary Edition

What Is Most Remarkable About The Assortment Of Discipline Programs On The Market Today Is The Number Of Fundamental Assumptions They Seem To Share. Some May Advocate The Use Of Carrots Rather Than Sticks; Some May Refer To Punishments As Logical Consequences. But Virtually All Take For Granted That The Teacher Must Be In Control Of The Classroom, And That What We Need Are Strategies To Get Students To Comply With The Adult’s Expectations. alfie Kohn Challenged These Widely Accepted Premises, And With Them The Very Idea Of Classroom Management, When The Original Edition Of beyond Discipline Was Published In 1996. Since Then, His Path-breaking Book Has Invited Hundreds Of Thousands Of Educators To Question The Assumption That Problems In The Classroom Are Always The Fault Of Students Who Don’t Do What They’re Told; Instead, It May Be Necessary To Reconsider What It Is That They’ve Been Told To Do--or To Learn. Kohn Shows How A Fundamentally Cynical View Of Children Underlies The Belief That We Must Tell Them Exactly How We Expect Them To Behave And Then Offer “positive Reinforcement” When They Obey. just As Memorizing Someone Else’s Right Answers Fails To Promote Students’ Intellectual Development, So Does Complying With Someone Else’s Expectations For How To Act Fail To Help Students Develop Socially Or Morally. Kohn Contrasts The Idea Of Discipline, In Which Things Are Done to Students To Control Their Behavior, With An Approach In Which We Work with Students To Create Caring Communities Where Decisions Are Made Together. beyond Discipline Has Earned The Status Of An Education Classic, A Vital Alternative To All The Traditional Manuals That Consist Of Techniques For Imposing Control. For This 10th Anniversary Edition, Kohn Adds A New Afterword That Expands On The Book’s Central Themes And Responds To Questions From Readers. Packed With Stories From Real Classrooms Around The Country, Seasoned With Humor And Grounded In A Vision As Practical As It Is Optimistic, beyond Discipline Shows How Students Are Most Likely To Flourish In Schools That Have Moved Toward Collaborative Problem Solving--and Beyond Discipline. alfie Kohn Is The Author Of Many Other Books About Education And Human Behavior, Including punished By Rewards , the Schools Our Children Deserve , And unconditional Parenting . A Former Teacher, He Now Works With Educators And Parents Across The United States And Maintains A Web Site. What is most remarkable about the assortment of discipline programs on the market today is the number of fundamental assumptions they seem to share. Some may advocate the use of carrots rather than sticks; some may refer to punishments as'logical consequences.'But virtually all take for granted that the teacher must be in control of the classroom, and that what we need are strategies to get students to comply with the adult's expectations.Alfie Kohn challenged these widely accepted premises, and with them the very idea of classroom'management,'when the original edition of Beyond Discipline was published in 1996. Since then, his path-breaking book has invited hundreds of thousands of educators to question the assumption that problems in the classroom are always the fault of students who don't do what they're told; instead, it may be necessary to reconsider what it is that they've been told to do--or to learn. Kohn shows how a fundamentally cynical view of children underlies the belief that we must tell them exactly how we expect them to behave and then offer'positive reinforcement'when they obey.Just as memorizing someone else's right answers fails to promote students'intellectual development, so does complying with someone else's expectations for how to act fail to help students develop socially or morally. Kohn contrasts the idea of discipline, in which things are done to students to control their behavior, with an approach in which we work with students to create caring communities where decisions are made together.Beyond Discipline has earned the status of an education classic, a vital alternative to all the traditional manuals that consist of techniques for imposing control. For this 10th anniversary edition, Kohn adds a new afterword that expands on the book's central themes and responds to questions from readers. Packed with stories from real classrooms around the country, seasoned with humor and grounded in a vision as practical as it is optimistic, Beyond Discipline shows how students are most likely to flourish in schools that have moved toward collaborative problem solving--and beyond discipline.Note: This product listing is for the Adobe Acrobat (PDF) version of the book. What is most remarkable about the assortment of discipline programs on the market today is the number of fundamental assumptions they seem to share. Some may advocate the use of carrots rather than sticks; some may refer to punishments as "logical consequences." But virtually all take for granted that the teacher must be in control of the classroom, and that what we need are strategies to get students to comply with the adult's expectations. Alfie Kohn challenged these widely accepted premises, and with them the very idea of classroom "management," when the original edition of Beyond Discipline was published in 1996. Since then, his path-breaking book has invited hundreds of thousands of educators to question the assumption that problems in the classroom are always the fault of students who don't do what they're told; instead, it may be necessary to reconsider what it is that they've been told to do--or to learn. Kohn shows how a fundamentally cynical view of children underlies the belief that we must tell them exactly how we expect them to behave and then offer "positive reinforcement" when they obey. Just as memorizing someone else's right answers fails to promote students' intellectual development, so does complying with someone else's expectations for how to act fail to help students develop socially or morally. Kohn contrasts the idea of discipline, in which things are done to students to control their behavior, with an approach in which we work with students to create caring communities where decisions are made together. Beyond Discipline has earned the status of an education classic, a vital alternative to all the traditional manuals that consist of techniques for imposing control. For this 10th anniversary edition, Kohn adds a new afterword that expands on the book's central themes and responds to questions from readers. Packed with stories from real classrooms around the country, seasoned with humor and grounded in a vision as practical as it is optimistic, Beyond Discipline shows how students are most likely to flourish in schools that have moved toward collaborative problem solving--and beyond discipline. In this 10th anniversary edition of an ASCD best seller, author Alfie Kohn reflects on his innovative ideas about replacing traditional discipline programs, in which things are done to students to control how they act, with a collaborative approach, in which we work with students to create caring communities. Features a new afterword by the author. When students are "off task," our first response should be to ask, "What's the task?" What is most remarkable about the assortment of discipline programs on the market today is the number of fundamental assumptions they seem to share. Some may advocate the use of carrots rather than sticks; some may refer to punishments as "logical consequences." But virtually all take for granted that the teacher must be in control of the classroom, and that what we need are strategies to get students to comply with the adult's expectations. In this path-breaking book, Alfie Kohn calls these premises into question, and with them the very idea of classroom "management." He questions the assumption that problems in the classroom are always the fault of students who don't do what they are told, suggesting that we might instead reconsider what they have been told to do -- or to learn. He shows how a fundamentally cynical view of children lies beneath the assumption that we must tell them exactly how we expect them to behave and then offer "positive reinforcement" when they obey. Just as memorizing someone else's right answers fails to promote students' intellectual development, so does complying with someone else's behavioral expectations fail to help students develop socially or morally. - Back cover. In this 10th anniversary edition of an Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD) best seller, the author reflects on his revolutionary ideas in the context of today's emphasis on school accountability and high-stakes testing. The author relates how his innovative approach--where teachers learn to work with students, rather than do things to them--has withstood the test of time and helped educators create positive learning environments that prevent discipline problems from occurring. Using examples of real teachers dealing with common behavior problems, the author explains: (1) why classroom management approaches that rely on rewards and punishments actually prolong behavior problems; (2) how to turn misbehavior into teaching opportunities; and (3) why changing one's curriculum can solve discipline problems. Following an introduction, this book presents the following chapters: (1) The Nature of Children; (2) Blaming the Kids; (3) Bribes and Threats; (4) Punishment Lite: "Consequences"; (5) How Not to Get Control of the Classroom; (6) A Classroom of Their Choosing; (7) The Classroom as Community; and (8) Solving Problems Together. This book concludes with two appendices: (1) Ten Questions; and (2) Assertive Discipline: A Glossary. Also included are a list of references; an afterword; and information about the author. [For the 1996 edition of this book, see ED401029.] In this 10th anniversary edition of an ASCD best seller, author Alfie Kohn reflects on his revolutionary ideas in the context of today's emphasis on school accountability and high-stakes testing. Find out how his innovative approach- where teachers learn to work with students, rather than do things to them-has withstood the test of time and helped educators create positive learning environments that prevent discipline problems from occurring. Using examples of real teachers dealing with common behavior problems, Kohn explains Why classroom management approaches that rely on rewards and punishments actually prolong behavior problems. How to turn misbehavior into teaching opportunities. Why changing your curriculum can solve discipline problems Introduction......Page 12 1—The Nature of Children ......Page 18 2— Blaming the Kids......Page 29 3— Bribes and Threats......Page 39 4— Punishment Lite: “Consequences” and Pseudochoice......Page 54 5— How Not to Get Control of the Classroom ......Page 71 6— A Classroom of Their Choosing......Page 95 7— The Classroom as Community......Page 118 8— Solving Problems Together......Page 137 Afterword......Page 155 Appendix 1 ......Page 176 Appendix 2 ......Page 182 Notes ......Page 184 References ......Page 192 Index ......Page 201 About the Author ......Page 208