Teachers have multi-functional roles, arguably most important of which is that of ensuring the conditions for learning and this of course involves managing and directing student behaviour. As teachers, we should have long-term aims and yet many, or most, common strategies bring only short-term effects. Positive Discipline refers to collaborative, constructive approaches which have at their core inculcating the desire for doing the right thing.
Rewards-based and punishment based approaches do not work and are often counter-productive. Research* shows behaviour charts are "early rigged" and are little more than naming-and-shaming.
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*This research is discussed in Why Are We Still Doing That? Positive
Alternatives to Problematic Teaching Practices by Pérsida and William Himmele, published by ASCD.
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