Discipline through responsibility
Living Democracy » Principals » LEADERSHIP » Discipline through responsibility- Control or trust? How to ensure student discipline
“Ask yourself: do students behave differently when there is no adult around? If so, why is that?” If you answer this question with “yes”, you may be facing the problem of how to maintain discipline in school....
- Joint decision-making encourages responsibility and ownership
No group or institution can function without order and shared respect for its rules, nor can it be democratic. Maintaining discipline, or respect for rules and order is therefore a key issue in every school. If discipline is maintained through democratic school leadership, the students can learn a lot about democratic citizenship....
- Democratic school leadership in practice: decision-making on school rules
Before a discussion on school rules takes place and decisions are made, it is essential that all stakeholders know their rights of participation. Either by law or through an agreement by your school community, you need to have school rules in place for participation – preferably in form of a permanent framework....
