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 | | School Discipline and School Violence: The Teacher Variance Approach by Irwin A. Hyman, Avivah Dahbany, Michael Blum, Erica Weiler, Valerie Brooks-Klein, Mariann Pokalo ISBN-10: 9780205158126 ISBN-10: 0-205-15812-9 ISBN-13: 9780205158126 ISBN-13: 978-0-205-15812-6 Hardcover 1996-08-21 Allyn & Bacon Find Lowest Price |
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Book Description School Discipline and School Violence focuses on providing teachers and future teachers with an overview of various models of discipline and helps them apply theory in a systematic manner. Through use of the Teacher Variance Inventory and the Survey of Attitudes Toward Children provided in the first chapter, the book helps students identify and develop their own best orientation to discipline. When student complete this book and the practice exercises, they will have identified their own theoretical orientation to discipline and will have acquired a basic understanding of how to consistently apply the theory to solve discipline problems. When a particular technique does not work, they will know how to return to the theory to understand why and what to do next. Each of the major theoretical perspectives on discipline are discussed with many examples and real cases as illustrations. Popular programs are profiled within the chapters on theory. The final chapter applies the five Teacher Variance approaches to contemporary problems of school violence and the types of physical and emotional maltreatment of students which cause misbehavior, alienation and aggression. Pre-service and In- service Teachers. | ||
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Great book for educators & parents! As a person who values options in discipline, this book is terrrifc because the author aligns major theoretical perspectives with reasons for a child's behavior or misbehavior. Dr. I. Hyman, a reputable child psychologist/researcher, describes useful methods which can help both parents and teachers identify their own patterns of discipline, which may or may not include techniques such as punishment. I like the book for what it is; a no non-sense approach to understanding how and why, we as teachers or parents, respond the way we do to a child's behavior. Hyman provides some terrific scenarios demonstrating these approaches. Also, folks who highly support the right to hit their children may not like what the author has to say since he provides other options for discipline, including reinforcement, investigation of the environmental setting, and understanding WHY a child behaves a certain way. This info is useful since professionals in the medical and psychological professions agree (as is seen in their organizational position statements) that there is little place for corporal punishment in our schools. It's worth it to take a look at other options which have proven to be more effective, and this book provides a curious, open-minded reader with an opportunity to do so. | ||
The book was very biased. After reading this book, one can not help but see that is a biased view of discipline. It only gives the author's point of view without giving attention to the other side of the issue. He is strongly against corporal punishment and gives false accusations about using corporal punishment as a disciplinarian method. After further investigation of this author Hyman, it is plain to see that his main agenda is to abolish parents' and teachers' rights to discipline children as they deem necessary. Further, the norms he uses in the Teacher Variance Survey, should not accurately be the norms. Because he does not use enough respondents(only 608) to accurately represent the vast number of educators that work with children in the nation. | ||