CLASSROOM DISCIPLINE

JAYNIE M. TARUC

The current notion of discipline considers it as an issue of transition from a state of great dependence on the learner to a learning environment in which the learner bears responsibility for acquiring and maintaining his knowledge. One aspect of the teacher's role under this concept of discipline is to help children practice self-control and to develop standards of individual values and activities that will be carried out regardless of whether the teacher, parent, or someone else in authority is present or not. When it comes to discipline, teachers must keep in mind that they are constantly facing two types of behavior issues. First thing is the issue of what to do to deal with the present circumstance. This is the one that the teacher usually emphasizes the most. The other issue is one of the long-term behavior patterns that the teacher is attempting to instill in the learner. earners must also be assisted in organizing long-term needs and goals, as well as visualizing the behaviors that are likely to help him reach these goals. The modern concept of discipline is both regulative and educative, with the teacher's emphasis oriented to the formation of positive attitudes and habits of conduct rather than regulations of control negative in nature. The fundamental role of classroom discipline is to develop and maintain classroom settings conducive to successful teaching and learning, or to inculcate a desire to assist in the establishment and maintenance of appropriate working conditions.

-oOoThe author is Teacher I at San Luis Central School, San Luis District