Fostering a positive environment in schools using positive discipline.

Thakur, Kalpna

Discipline is practice of teaching or training a person to obey rules or a code of behaviour in both the short and the long terms. Positive discipline is a program designed to teach young people to become responsible, respectful and resourceful member of their communities. Discipline shapes child's behaviour and helps them to learn self-control when it provides encouragement. This encouragement is a type of reward that stimulates the child to work, learn and achieve. It builds self-esteem because the child learns that he or she was directly responsible for earning his or her praise or other reward. Children can choose to earn it or not. This gives them a feeling of control over their lives, which is a key ingredient for healthy self-esteem. The present research paper is aimed to investigate how positive discipline can be fostered among students and what are the ways in which it can be made effective. The present research paper also provides tools and concepts, the characteristics and criteria for positive discipline. The present paper also highlights the possibilities of the students being engaging in misbehavior and how that behaviour can be recognized and effectively be dealt with.

DISCIPLINE; OPTIMISM; SELF-esteem; ACADEMIC motivation; STUDENT aspirations

Indian Journal of Positive Psychology, 2017, Vol 8, Issue 3, p315

2229-4937

Academic Journal