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Approaches to Classroom Discipline and Management

Compare and Contrast Chart
Discipline
Model
Coloroso
Blackbone Model

Kagan & Scott

Win Win
Discipline

Overall Goal or
Purpose
The overall goal of
this strategy is to
promote
independence and
teach responsibility.
Students are
encouraged to take
decisions on their own
and learn from
consequences.

Beliefs about
Behavior
Students believe from
their own mistakes
and take responsibility
for their actions.
Permits students to
analyze situation and
come up with their
own solution.
Gives students the
opportunity to
acknowledge their
mistakes.

Teachers Role
in the Classroom
Teacher must give
students the
opportunity to take
decisions
independently and
acknowledge their
actions. Teacher must
be able to assure
student safety when
taking those
decisions, making
sure that students
decision doesnt lead
to any type of harmful
situation. Teacher
should focus on
promoting
independence in the
classroom.

The goal is to promote

responsibility.
Students must take
responsibility of their
own actions/decisions.
The Win-Win
discipline permits
students to feel
supported and trusted
by both teacher and
piers which will help
encourage positive
behavior.

This discipline
encourages students to
become more
responsible and feel
more self-security in
the classroom.
Learning to be
responsible will
encourage students
towards successful
learning.

Observe students
behavior and always
model respect and
understanding for
there to be a win-win
situation.
Teacher is responsible
to come up with
collaborative
solutions and try to
gain students trust.
Teacher is to always
to help students in a
respectful and positive

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Curwin and
Mendler
Reality Therapy
Discipline with Dignity

Glasser

It permits students to
take more
responsibility for their
actions and reexamine situations.
Encourages students
to have more selfcontrol.

Dignity and
respectfulness are the
two keys for
effectiveness of this
strategy. Students
learn to become
responsible and not
obedient.
Collaboration
activities allow
students to improve
motivation in the
classroom.

Provide a respectful
and pleasant learning
environment. Model
equality over all.
Make sure that
students understand
and respect classroom
rules and
expectations.

Motivation and safety

are the two main goals
of this strategy. Teach
students to learn to be
responsible for their
actions and take
control of their
behavior.

Students should be
responsible and
capable of handling
situations in a
respectful and proper
manner.
Students must
understand that life is
a matter of choices,
good or bad. Students
understand the value
of judgment regarding
their own behavior.

Motivation towards
positive behavioral
choices in life.
Teacher must promote
responsibility and
independence among
the classroom and
remind students that
they are responsible
for the choices they
make.