William Glasser: Choice

Theory/ Noncoercive
Discipline
Intasc Standard 6
by: Kaete Kuhn, Emmy Mathias,
Elizabeth Marra

William GLasser

Born in Cleveland OH, 1925

Attended Case Western Reserve University and UCLA
Glasser had a private practice from 1957 to 1986
He has written twenty-one books
Since closing his practice he has devoted himself to writing
lecturing and training people in choice theory
President of William Glasser Institute in Chatsworth, CA

William Glassers Choice Theory

states:
-All we do is behave
-Most behavior is chosen
-We are driven to satisfy the five
basic needs

Quality Worlds:
Everyone has an idea of a perfect world and all
these quality worlds are different.
Personal Picture Album of all the people, things,
ideas, and ideals that increase the quality of our
lives
As Choice Teachers we combat differences in the
view of quality worlds by creating natural
consequences for disruptive behavior.

Five Basic Needs:

All humans are wired to control how we
think and act by these:
1. Survival
2. Power
3. Love and Belonging
4. Fun
5. Freedom

Four Components of Behavior:

Thoughts
Actions
Feelings
Physiology

Seven Caring Habits

1. Supporting
2. Encouraging
3. Listening
4. Accepting
5. Trusting
6. Respecting
7. Negotiating

differences

Seven deadly Habits:

1. Criticizing
2. Blaming
3. Complaining
4. Nagging
5. Threatening
6. Punishing
7. Bribing, Rewarding to
Control

To Apply Choice Theory:

Coercion is minimized
Focus On Quality
Self-Evaluation
Active Student Role

Applying Choice Theory Cont

Boss Teacher VS. Lead Teacher
Good Grades
Student Satisfaction
Teacher Guidance

Managing Individual Students Behavior:

1) Ask what the student is doing
2) Ask how the behavior is helping the class
3) Ask how the student can change the
behavior to help the class

Example of Choice Behavior

The Ten Axioms of Choice Theory

1. The only person whose behavior we can control is our own.
2. All we can give another person is information.
3. All long-lasting psychological problems are relationship
problems.
4. The problem relationship is always part of our present life.
5. What happened in the past has everything to do with what
we are today, but we can only satisfy our basic needs
right now and plan to continue satisfying them in the
future.

Ten Axioms Cont

6. We can only satisfy our needs by satisfying the pictures in
our Quality World.
7. All we do is behave.
8. All behavior is Total Behavior and is made up of four
components: acting, thinking, feeling and physiology
9. All Total Behavior is chosen, but we only have direct control
over the acting and thinking components. We can only
control our feeling and physiology indirectly through how we
choose to act and think.
10. All Total Behavior is designated by verbs and named by the
part that is the most recognizable.

INTASC
Standard 6
Assessment

INTASC Standard 6
Verbal and nonverbal teaching strategies
A variety of communication strategies

...in order to guide students to grow and make

progress in regard to their writing, speaking, etc.
skills

INTASC Standard 6
Encourages discussion in a variety of ways
Integrates technology
Multiple methods of (unbiased) assessment

INTASC Standard 6
Teacher must
use assessments for planning and feedback
Accommodate those with disabilities and learning
challenges
Know when to use summative and formative applications

INTASC Standard 6
Know which assessments to use to meet individual
student needs.

help students to understand how to assess their work

and set goals.
Teacher is committed and takes responsibility for all
of these standards.

Its review
time!!!

What are the 5

basic needs?

1. Survival
2.Power
3.Love and Belonging
4.Fun
5.Freedom

Name the 7 caring

habits.

Seven Caring Habits

1. Supporting
2. Encouraging
3. Listening
4. Accepting
5. Trusting
6. Respecting
7. Negotiating differences

Who developed the choice theory?

William Glasser

Shout out the 7

deadly habits.

Seven Deadly Habits

1. Criticizing
2. Blaming
3. Complaining
4. Nagging
5. Threatening
6. Punishing
7. Bribing or rewarding
to control

Which InTASC
Standard have we been
chatting about? (Number
and Topic)

INTASC Standard 6
Assessment

Name and discuss 3 main

ideas based off this standard

Answers may include but are not limited

too
integrating technology
a variety of forms of assessment
nonverbal and verbal teaching
strategies

What Is a
quality world?

Every Individuals
Unique
perfect
world

What are the four

components of Behavior?

Acting, thinking,
feeling, physiology

What are the 5

Components
of choice theory?

1. The Basic Needs

2.The Quality World
3.The Perceived World
4.The Comparing Place
5.The Total Behavior
System

Tell us the ways to

apply choice theory

1. Punishment is minimized
2.Focus On Quality
3.Self-Evaluation

Fill in the blank

The only person
whose behavior we can
control is --------?

OUR
OWN!!!

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