Practical school discipline : $b Applied methods, part 2Beery, Ray Coppock
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Practical school discipline : $b Applied methods, part 2
Beery, Ray Coppock
School discipline; Teachers
The one ruled by personality and broad, humane principles; the other was
an apostle of force, fitfully administered, as, in fact, it must of
necessity be administered. The one was conscious of his authority; the
other forgot it and worked man to man with his pupils. The one exhausted
his force and failed; the other scarcely ever drew upon his reserve and
never lost a pupil friend. The one ground his teeth in rage at the
perversity and rebellion of his pupils, the other enjoyed their
friendship and reveled in the memories of sympathetic appreciation of
his labors. In short, one was beloved by all, the other despised.
Of all the words from tongue or pen that explain the more desirable of
the two methods described, none is better than the word Coöperation.
This is the capstone of our five fundamental principles—Suggestion,
Substitution, Expectation, Approval, Coöperation. Approval of good
effort, in fact, turns out to be one mode of coöperation with the pupil.
It ministers to his self-love and elicits further effort. A teacher can
not exemplify this one principle of coöperation without hitting upon or
consciously employing all the others we have named and illustrated. “I
work with my pupils,” is the highest self-praise a teacher can utter. It
is a simple, modest, unassuming statement; if true in its deepest sense,
he who thus speaks of himself is a perfect teacher and disciplinarian.
We commend this gospel to coöperative school-room discipline to every
aspiring teacher who reads these volumes; we can only hope that every
one may be converted heart and soul to this mode of action and with
religious devotion set about remoulding his treatment and management of
school children so that he truly may be a Friend to Man.
INDEX
PAGE
Absences, 764
Acquisitiveness, 309
Adaptive instincts, 361
Adenoids, 58
Altruism, 586, 727
Anti-social tendencies, 672
Approval, 51, 55, 58, 61, 92, 103, 108, 132, 137, 139, 147, 161, 171,
181, 190, 201, 210, 213, 222, 235, 244, 266, 272, 277, 294, 303,
376, 388, 394, 401, 411, 415, 422, 440, 448, 450, 486, 507, 519,
588, 595, 662, 735, 774, 868
Athletics, aid in discipline, 96, 405, 530, 726, 737, 739, 740, 831
cheating for sake of, 284, 289
fights in, 249
Attention, desire to attract, 23, 50
in school work, 55, 368, 554
Authority, excessive use of, 81, 94, 95, 183, 220, 634, 644, 661, 697,
860
Awkwardness, 61, 141, 143, 148
Bluffing by teacher, cause of disobedience, 121, 536
Boy and girl question, 839
Bullying, 233
Card-playing, 115
Carelessness, 83, 562, 567, 765, 801
Cheating, on examination, 269
how provoked, 268
in recitation, 273
sentiment against, 269, 282
Chewing gum, 388
Choice and disobedience, 31
Church-going, 817
Cigarettes, 402
Class rivalry, 253
Cleanliness, 76, 449
Cliques, 471, 474, 717
Cloaks and overcoats, 79
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