Assignment 2
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Schools often adopt or make strong use of particular models of discipline in their School Behaviour Management Policy and/or Plan. In Australia, the models of William Glasser, Ed Ford and Lee Canter have been popular. The ideas of Bill Rogers have also found their way into school plans and teacher practices. Some schools choose to take an eclectic approach, drawing on a wide variety of models, approaches and ideas. Which approach, do you believe is more appropriate? What might be the advantages and disadvantages of a school either adopting a specific model or choosing to be more eclectic? If you were to choose one model to adopt (from those covered in the course), which would it be and why?

References

You are not expected to search for or use sources of information other than your course study materials i.e. text, study material, selected readings, when completing this assignment. If you use only course study material information you do not need to provide reference information in the body of your response or in the reference list. If you use sources other than those in the course materials these must be referenced in the body of your response and in the reference list.

Extension policy

Students seeking an extension of one week or less on this assignment are requested NOT to contact the Examiner/University seeking prior approval for an extension. Submit your assignment and include a note providing an explanation of why the assignment was submitted after the due date. Include documentary evidence e.g. copy of medical certificate. Do not interpret this procedure as a blanket or automatic one week extension for all students.

Prior approval is required for extensions greater than one week.

Marking criteria for assignment 2

The student:

1. Provided a brief (one paragraph) introduction to the topic and to the structure of his/her response (5 marks)

2. Provided a sound and defensible discussion of whether the adopted model or the eclectic approach was more appropriate (10 marks)

3. Identified and discussed a minimum of three advantages and disadvantages of (1) adopting a model of discipline and (2) choosing an eclectic approach to discipline (15 marks).

4. The advantages and disadvantages in (3) above were placed under headings and numbered (5 marks)

5. Identified one model he/she would argue was best to implement and provided a sound argument for why this model was chosen. The response revolved around a set of evaluative criteria that the chosen model was able to meet (15 marks)

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