In the past the term discipline in school most often conjured up images of some form of correction or punishment in response to student misbehavior. Students were expected to respect their teachers and disruptions were dealt with severely. Developments in recent years indicate that we need to change the way we think about discipline in school. It is no longer enough to preserve the past’s narrow perception of the role of discipline. Schools are just beginning to learn and understand that discipline includes much more. Educators see discipline in the context of submission to rules and complying to the requirements of learning (Francis, 1975). This writer is of the view that effective discipline results when school policies are developed, revised and maintained through collaboration with teachers, students and administrators. Almost every school has a reasonable code of conduct, but it is particularly difficult to understand why some schools today are so plagued by indiscipline.
Indiscipline is a behavioral disorder that is classified as an act of delinquency (Emmer, 1984). Indiscipline in school is certainly a matter of immediate concern to the teacher. Dealing with indiscipline can cause teachers great heartache and doubt
This writer recalls an incident when he was involved with a disciplinary problem in his school. It had to do when there is a mismatch between teaching style and learning style of the students. I remember asking the teacher to keep his class quiet for it was disturbing other classes around. In a discussion held with the teacher later, it was found that the problems encountered by the teacher’s class was as a result of poor planning by the teacher as he was trying to teach a concept in mathematics whereby the students were having trouble seeing the relationship with the skill being taught and how it can be related to a real life situation.
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