Classroom Behavior

CLASSROOM BEHAVIORWhat Your Actions Say About Who You Are

Community of Learners Our classroom represents a community

Students Teachers

A common goal Learn the subject

Different backgrounds Family Culture Prior achievement

Development Levels Four levels of moral development

Democracy Conformity Bullying Anarchy

Levels describe how one behaves and what motivates the behavior

How one acts shows level of moral development

Ones history is viewed in ones actions Learning requires safe environments

Democracy

Highest level of development Demonstrates self-discipline Displays civility and sense of

community Does good because it is essential

for democracy Internally motivated

Acts on their own

Conformity

Appropriate and acceptable level of behavior Complies with requests Cooperates with others Conforms to expected standards

Externally motivated Acts for reward Acts to avoid consequences

Bullying

Neither appropriate nor acceptable level of classroom behavior Bosses others Bothers others Breaks laws and makes own

rules and standards Obeys only when confronted

with more authority

Anarchy

Lowest level of behavior Absence of order Aimless and chaotic Absence of government

Anarchy is the fundamental enemy of civilization

You have more power than you think You make choices Keep your power, make the right choice

Power and Choice