Degree Name
Education Specialist (EdS)
Semester of Degree Completion
1980
Thesis Director
Donald W. Smitley
Abstract
The development of a Responsibility Education program with a Handbook of Student Rules, Rights and Responsibilities for intermediate students was the object of this field study.
The approach used in the development of this Handbook of Student Rules, Rights and Responsibilities was the utilization of information gathered in visits to responsibility education programs throughout the state of Illinois conferences with initiators of responsibility education programs in other states, Illinois Office of Education materials, group discussions with intermediate students a study of Glasser behavior management theories and techniques, local and state directives on students' rights and responsibilities and the personal observations of this writer.
A planned program including teaching of school rules, in-service training and planning for teachers, parent education and leadership involvement by building administrators is essential to the program and the development of a Handbook of Student Rules, Rights and Responsibilities. Learning to live within the constraints of the school society is as important a preparation for life later on in a larger society as is knowledge of the multiplication tables. Clear expectations and carefully laid out consequences for misbehavior both maintain school discipline and teach children about the limits of socially acceptable behavior.
Therefore, effective student discipline results from establishing uniform, practical school policies and encouraging the understanding and involvement of the students, parents and staff.
Schools should create an image of an orderly rule-governed institution. Rules should be simple enough to be understood and followed by all students. Correction of any problems should be uniform under such policies.
Effective programs should include a plan for teaching school rules to students, in-service training for teachers and administration and parent education about the program. This field study is an attempt to initiate a positive approach to discipline in the intermediate grades by utilizing the Handbook of Student Rules, Rights and Responsibilities.
Recommended Citation
Padovan, Lynne Pellegrini, "The Development of a Responsibility Education Program with a Student Handbook of Rules, Rights and Responsibilities for Intermediate Students" (1980). Masters Theses. 3060.
https://thekeep.eiu.edu/theses/3060
