Is "discipline" concerned with preventing misconduct or with punishing it?

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[Martin Kijan]

Schoolwide and Classroom Discipline

Kathleen Cotton


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Is "discipline" concerned with preventing misconduct or with punishing it? The word, according to the American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, refers to both prevention and remediation. It can be "training that is expected to produce a specified character or pattern of behavior" or "controlled behavior resulting from such training"; but it can also be "punishment intended to correct or train." Educational researchers have examined both the prevention and the remediation aspects of school and classroom discipline, and thus findings about both are cited in this report.

Jones (1979) says that "discipline, most simply stated, is the business of enforcing simple classroom rules that facilitate learning and minimize disruption" (p. 26). Variations on this definition are offered by Duke (1989), Gettinger (1987), Strother (1985), and many others. Researcher William Wayson notes that some educators view disciplinary activities as irritating intrusions into school life which should not be necessary. Wayson disagrees, regarding these activities as a natural part of the educational process, and quotes educator James Hymes, who defines discipline as:
 
...the slow, bit-by-bit, time-consuming task of helping children to see the sense in acting in a certain way.

Whatever their exact definition, most researchers and writers seem to agree that nowhere is it more true that "an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure" than in disciplining young people in educational settings.

Please go through the attachment for a more detail perspective on the issue. Thank you.

[Dominic Tan Kuan Yew]

akhlak lebih penting daripada disiplin, kerana disiplin hanya mematuhi undang2/peraturan kalau tak ada undang2 atau peraturan tu masih kira berdisiplin

[Wan Fadhlurrahman B. Wan Md Rasidi]

setuju dgn cikgu Dominic

[Duane Anak Reggie]

akhlak lebih penting daripada disiplin, kerana disiplin hanya mematuhi undang2/peraturan kalau tak ada undang2 atau peraturan tu masih kira berdisiplin

Disiplin bukan sahaja merangkumi mematuhi peraturan semata2.  Disiplin juga boleh dikaitkan dengan sikap kita melakukan perkara.  Simple example like main gitar juga memerlukan disiplin.  Bagi saya, pemuzik yang berdisiplin akan berlatih 2-3 jam sehari.  Atlet sukan yang berdisiplin akan berlatih dengan gigih.  So i hope with these simple examples, kita jangan keliru dengan perkataan disiplin.

kesimpulannya, disiplin SANGAT berkait rapat dengan SIKAP MANUSIA itu sendiri.

[Philomina]

Disiplin bukan sahaja merangkumi mematuhi peraturan semata2.  Disiplin juga boleh dikaitkan dengan sikap kita melakukan perkara.  Simple example like main gitar juga memerlukan disiplin.  Bagi saya, pemuzik yang berdisiplin akan berlatih 2-3 jam sehari.  Atlet sukan yang berdisiplin akan berlatih dengan gigih.  So i hope with these simple examples, kita jangan keliru dengan perkataan disiplin.

kesimpulannya, disiplin SANGAT berkait rapat dengan SIKAP MANUSIA itu sendiri.

Saya setuju. Kejayaan adalah berasaskan displin.

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