Teaching/Discipline: A Positive Approach for Educational Development

by Clifford K. Madsen, Charles A. Madsen, Madsen

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0205071430
• ISBN13: 9780205071432
• Release Date: October 1980
• Publisher: Allyn & Bacon
• Length: 317 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.

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Behavior Modification

Teaching/ Discipline by Madsen and Madsen Teaching/ Discipline: A Positive Approach for Educational Development, Fourth edition by Clifford Madsen and Charles Madsen Jr. is a thought provoking book that challenges teachers to take an in depth look at discipline approaches, conceptual learning designs, student and teacher behaviors, behavioral principals, and observational techniques. The design of the text introduces the reader to various concepts and ideas. The authors divided the book into four parts that are imperative to understand for educators. The first part is titled "teaching and discipline". The second part is an application of behavioral principals through the changing of incorrect associations. The third part alludes to the developing of responses through a positive approach. The final part is a manual for developing observational techniques. Madsen and Madsen partition the book further into ten chapters. Questions at the end of each chapter are thought provoking and encourage the reader to transfer learned concepts to the readers general subject area. Madsen and Madsen include several learning activities for every chapter to illustrate and solidify concepts and ideas.Chapter one addresses teaching as a form of discipline. The authors' concept of discipline includes classroom control and delivery of subject matter. They believe that teachers are responsible for developing clear concepts of social and educational values. Educators must also consider what techniques to use to impose those values on their students. A series of essays each begin with a question. The body of the essays leads the reader to the authors' conclusions through well thought out illustrative stories/ examples and/or logical reasoning. Examples of essay questions include, what is our intention, what is effective teaching, why do we discipline. A summarized answer concludes each essay. Learning activities on the dichotomy and the differentiation of values conclude the chapter.Chapter two discusses the relationship between discipline and learning. As in chapter one the authors provide essays to illustrate their points. The essays cover a variety of topics including: student assessment while avoiding the compilation of a student history, structuring subject matter and behavioral responses into small steps beginning at the student's level, establishing desire to learn though extrinsic then intrinsic rewards, and establishing that the teacher decides what is to be leaned. Learning activities explore spheres of influence and development of techniques for special learners.Chapter three probes the structuring of academic and social learning by using behavior modification techniques. Instilling discrimination and forming correct relationships as a foundation for student learning is emphasized. Essay topics include applications of responses for both academic and social modification, importance of weighing merit and demerit systems, an