Positive Discipline

Positive Discipline
Parents in the Philippines are used to have a traditional way of disciplining their children by
using Corporal punishment, the infliction of physical pain for the wrong doings committed by a child.
This kind of discipline may include hitting, slapping, smacking, pinching, pulling of hair or ears, and
forced standing, squatting or kneeling.
Children at a young age before are entrusted to the school to have their education. Somehow
they experience the same kind of punishment. Teachers and advisers are believed to have equal rights
to punish them once they misbehave or do something against the school or classroom rules.
Before pandemic there are a few reports that this kind of punishment still do exist in some
schools it may not be that physically but verbally some teachers do shame and humiliate students that
left them the feeling of fear, anger, hatred and resentment being at school making it not conducive to
their studies.
Both parents and teachers sometimes includes words or actions that shames, embarrass,
threaten, or scare children. These are called emotional punishments and just like physical punishments
it has always emotional impacts that are strong just like the physical pain a child may suffer and would
instilled in the mind of these children as they grow older.
We used to believe that it is right and just to punish children for bad behaviour and mistakes,
and we are from a generations being raised to fear that not punishing children will lead to a bad
outcome, as the saying goes written in the bible “Proverbs 13:24” spare the rod and spoiled the child.
But studies shows from researches being done both physical and emotional punishment have serious
consequences in children’s well-being that may give them higher level of aggression and anxiety, lower
self-esteem and risk of developing depressive symptom and might also results into intergenerational
violence.
Now that we are about to face the new normal of coming back to school, Dep Ed had undergo
training upon their teachers the so called Positive Discipline for which main objective is to support
teachers in developing the skills and confidence to use it in their interactions with their learners every
day. Aiming for them to be able to: understand that violence is a significant barrier to a child’s learning,
use positive discipline to supports children’s learning and share key actions to help parents support their
children’s learning.
Positive discipline is an approach to teaching that helps children succeed, gives them the
information they need to learn, and support their development, it is about teaching non-violence,
empathy, self-respect, human rights and respect towards other. By leading an example in school to learn
such approach to help and guide teachers in creating and maintaining a learning environment where all
children are respected and are successful learners.
Positive discipline does not mean permissiveness; letting students do whatever they want;
having no rules, limits or expectations; short-term reactions; or alternative corporal punishment.
Positive discipline is about finding long term solutions that develop students own self-discipline; clear
and consistent communication; consistent reinforcement of your expectations, rules and limits; based
on knowing your students and being fair; aimed at building a mutually respectful relationship with your
students; teaching students life-long skills and fostering their love of learning; teaching courtesy, non-
violence, empathy, self-respect, respect for others for their rights; and increasing students’ competence
and confidence to handle academic challenges and difficult situations.
Positive discipline was being formulated and being emphasised that imposing it will not
contradict the Child Rights Principle as follows: right to education, right to have decision made in one
best interests, right to non-discrimination, right to protection from all forms of violence, right to school
discipline that respects ones human dignity, right to respect for ones individuality and quality inclusive
education, right to education that foster respects to others, right to play and right to express ones views.
Positive discipline foundation is also base on Pedagogical Principles which focused on teaching-
learning arrangements and methods, relationships to pupils and learning environment, general
educational principles, and expected skills and attitudes, using the following approaches: holistic,
strengths-based, constructive, inclusive, proactive and participatory.
Some teachers might say that professionally, their main job is just to teach the academe for the
student to learn and discipline must be done at home by the parents. But as soon face-to-face class
resumes it is again on the hand of the teachers to monitor how these students will cope up to the so
called new normal, and who knows what challenges will be faced and teachers concerns will not solely
be based on what they will teach them but as well when the children individuality came clashing with
each other, therefore just necessary to equip them with such skills to make them prepared that school
to be such a conducive place to learn new things. While children go through the same stages of
development they do so within different environment, family background and with different
personalities, talents and abilities so in giving them this positive discipline in times they become unruly
teachers should asked themselves was this to be made out of ones concerns toward the students to be
of help in their development or will derive the satisfaction of punishing them out of the teachers
annoyance for not being followed, therefore objective should be clear enough that teacher should be
able to understand the challenges and different stories of each child faces and so as to be able to
provide the support as needed.

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