PDET

POSITIVE
DISCIPLINE IN
EVERYDAY
TEACHING
Lets exchange ideas
• What was one positive experiences
that you had as a student? What did
you feel about the teacher in that
situation?
• What was one negative experience
that you had as a student? What did
you feel about the teacher in that
situation?
 AIMS:
• Positive Teaching is to support student’s
growth and learning, and optimize their
success.
• It is a non-violent and respectful of the
child as a learner
• It provides a providing a set of principles
that can guide all of your interactions
with the children in your life.
WHAT IS PDET BASED ON?

Research on
healthy child
development
Research
Child
on
rights
effective
principles
teaching

PDET
3 P’s

•Provision
•Protection
•Participation
What is the Right to Provision?
• The right to access the things that ensure survival and
optimal development
A name
A nationality
The highest level of health care available
Education
Nurturing parental care
Rest and play
Alternative care when needed
REMEMBER
All children have these rights.
They all must be upheld, all the
time.
They must be applied equally to
all.
None of these rights can be
taken away.
• Positive Discipline in Everyday
Teaching is one way of putting the
CRC (Convention on the Rights of
the Child) into practice.
HOW SO?
• It is found on principles of
children’s rights.
ARTICLE 19
States Parties shall take all
appropriate legislative,
administrative, social and
educational measures to protect
the child from all forms of
physical or mental violence
 PHYSICAL AND EMOTIONAL
PUNISHMENT
Poorer mental health (depression,
anxiety)
Poorer social relationships
( aggression, bullying)
More behavior problems
Slower language development
Slower intellectual development
What children say….
• “They feel alone, helpless and
sad. They become isolated and no
one can reach them anymore.”

• “I feel like I have no one to lean

on for the future. It’s like my
world, its ended.”
Physical or corporal punishment
• is any punishment in which
physical force is used and
intended to cause some degree of
pain or discomfort, however
light….
• Is invariably degrading.
NON-PHYSICAL PUNISHMENT
• BELITTLES
• HUMILIATES
• DENIGRATES
• SCAPEGOATS
• THREATENS
• SCARES
• RIDICULES THE CHILD
Article 28
• States Parties shall take all
appropriate measures to
ensure that school
discipline is administered
in a manner consistent with
the child’s human dignity.
MEMORIES AGO….

Why did you become a

teacher?

What are your earliest

memories of your own
teachers?
 Behavior Positive
Management Discipline
FOCUS: FOCUS:
OBEDIENCE UNDERSTANDING
POSITIVE DISCIPLINE IS NOT
×Punishments other than hitting
and shouting
×Letting children to whatever
they want
×Having no rules or
expectations
×Quick reactions to solutions
POSITIVE DISCIPLINE IS
• Long-term solutions that develop
students’ own self discipline
• Clear communication
• Based on fairness and knowing
your students
• Building a mutually respected
relationship
POSITIVE DISCIPLINE IS
• Building children’s skills and
confidence
• Teaching children respect for
other people’s feelings
• Teaching life long skills and
fostering a love of learning
 8 FEATURES OF PL
1. Students feel safe
2. Students are respected
3. Their input is taken in account
4. They are pushed to achieve
5. All students are treated equally
6. Different forms of success are welcomed
7. The teacher knows your child
8. Positive rapport in the classroom
10 WAYS TEACHERS CAN
CREATE A PL
1. Address students need
2. Create a sense of order
3. Greet students at the door every day
4. Let students get to know you
5. Get to know your students
6. Avoid rewarding to control
7. Avoid judging
8. Employ class-building games and activities
9. Be vulnerable
10. Celebrate success
REFLECTION TIME

• WHAT WILL BE THE

CHANGE YOU WANT TO
EMBRACE IN THIS NEW
NORMAL – OFFLINE
CLASS?
 “LEARNING IS CREATION.
NOT CONSUMPTION.
KNOWLEDGE IS NOT
SOMETHING A LEARNER
ABSORBS, BUT SOMETHING A
LEARNER CREATES.”