Twentieth-Century Pioneers in Classroom Discipline

Fritz Redl and William Wattenberg: Discipline through Influencing Group Behavior

Fritz Redl and William Wattenberg were specialists in human behavior and educational psychology. They presented the first thoery-based approach to humane classroom discipline.

B.F. Skinner: Discipline through Shaping Desired Behavior

Burrhus Frederic Skinner was a behavioral psychologist who discovered how our behavior is influenced by what happens to us immediately after we perform a given act. Skinner was not actually concerned with classroom discipline, his discoveries regarding the shaping of behavior led him directly to behavior modification.

Jacob Kounin: Improving Discipline through Lesson Management

Jacob Kounin was an educational psychologist at Wayne State University and he focused on how classroom management and lesson management affect student behavior in school.

Haim Ginott: Discipline through Congruent Communication

Haim Ginott wrote a book in the same year as Kounin published his work. The book was titled Teacher and Child and in it, Ginott expresses the critical rold of communication in discipline.

Rudolf Dreikurs: discipline through Democratic Teaching

Rudolf Dreikurs was a psychiatrist that emphasized seeking out and dealing with underlying causes of misbehavior. He formulated strategies for helping students acquire self-discipline based on understanding of social value.

Lee and Marlene Canter: Discipline through Assertive Tactics

Lee Canter founded Canter & Associates. He and his wife Marlene wrote a book titled Assertive Discipline: A Take-Charge Approach for Today's Educator in 1976. Later, Canter & Associates merged with Sylvan Learning Systems.

Here are some great links to find out more information of the Twentieth-Century pioneers in classroom discipline:

http://portfolios.valdosta.edu/arwildes/artifact5_2.htm Classroom Management

http://en. .org/wiki/B._F._Skinner B.F. Skinner
http://www.nationalyouth.com/behaviormodification.html Behavior Modification
http://wik.ed.uiuc.edu/index.php/SKEP_Kounin's_and_other_proactive_management_strategies Jacob Kounin

http://eport2.cgc.maricopa.edu/published/t/wa/twahla11/collection/9/ Rudolf Dreikurs Theories
http://maxweber.hunter.cuny.edu/pub/eres/EDSPC715_MCINTYRE/AssertiveDiscipline.html Assertive Discipline
http://www.adprima.com/assertive.htm Assertive Discipline Information

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