Student Discipline Achieved Through Cooperation

Deciding how to discipline students is decidedly one of the hardest parts of being an educator. Even little distractions by a student can break the concentration of your entire class. So, what is the best way to curb students' poor behavior?

Getting students to change their behavior is not as simple as issuing a consequence anymore. In fact, Ben Johnson, administrator, author, and educator says, "The real truth is that good discipline is not a one-sided endeavor, but it requires cooperation from both the student and the teacher -- as if they were dancing." Johnson shares some excellent insight for educators to ponder in his article, "The Dances of Student Discipline".