Kohn Beyond Discipline

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Kohn Beyond Discipline

• From Kohn to Current

Brittany Elliott, Jessie Serig, Richard Schell,
Kareem Falcon
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• What were the characteristics of the Current
  Classroom skit?

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Current Way

• Teachers Praise/ Punishment General to specific
• Pre-Selected Curriculum
• Teacher manages behavior Reward or Punishment
• Quantity over quality
• Strive for Excellence through standardized
  testing
• Grades- Incorrect answers are punished

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• What were the characteristics of the Kohn
  Classroom Skit?

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Kohn Way

• No Praise
• Student Driven
• Students involved in Solving Problems
• Higher Order of thinking
• Learning is not standardized- Causes disinterest
• No Grades Mistakes are how we learn

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Which type of food do you like best at a BBQ

• Hamburger
• Hot Dog
• Pizza
• Chicken

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Mr. Smith said good job and gives a student a
smiley face sticker.

• Kohn Way
• Current Way

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Students are read the Objectives and Content
Standards.

• Kohn Way
• Current Way

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Billy Joe chooses to learn about comets because
he is interested in them.

• Kohn Way
• Current Way

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Jessie scored remarkably on the HAS.

• Kohn Way
• Current Way

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Ricky Bobby is told by his teacher, mistakes are
how we learn.

• Kohn Way
• Current Way

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Dan is removed from class after verbally
attacking another student.

• Kohn Way
• Current Way

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Peace Wheel Directions

• Clear Your Desk
• You have 30 seconds to group yourselves by bead
  color
• Empty brown paper bag on your desks
• Separate contents evenly on your desks
• Determine which phrases belong under Kohn and
  which under current
• You may talk amongst your group to decide where
  each phrase should go
• Please Do Not Glue until we have discussed as a
  group

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Class Discussion

• PEACE WHEEL DISCUSSION

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Final Setup

• You may now glue the phrases in the proper slots.
• Connect fastener to peace wheel
• Now you PEACE WHEEL IS COMPLETE!

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• As we studied Beyond Discipline, we noticed Kohn
  offers many suggestions of what not to do.
• What do you do?
• Constructivist learning
• Students develop sense of community