Discipline means a process of training and learning that fosters growth and development. Inside the classroom, part of maximizing the time for learning is to control the individuals. Without discipline, teachers will find it hard to manage classroom situations.

            Discipline gives the student a feeling of security to know his boundaries, limits and freedoms, are. He needs to live according to certain standards, in order to have less feeling of guilt. Inner growth in the form of self-discipline and self-control by the individual or what we call positive concept of discipline is believed to be much better than controlling individuals by external authority.

            When the student does the right thing, it makes it possible for adults to praise him. In fact, discipline serves as an ego-bolstering motivation to the child to accomplish what is required to him.

            Discipline is different with punishment. When we discipline a student, it doesn’t mean that we are just giving him punishment. When we say discipline, we help the child to develop conscience’ “the internal voice” that directs him to do this or that.

            In school or even at home, there is a need for discipline to add the happiness and adjustment of the student. It is our role to give the students an example of well-disciplined lives for what we will become depends on the way we guide him. We must help him to understand why certain arrangements are required for discipline in an individual plays a vital role as long as he lives.

            However, the teachers should remember that to discipline a students, teachers must also discipline themselves.

 

 

         

         

 

By: Wilma P. Violeta | T-1 | Mariveles National High School (Cabcaben) | Mariveles, Bataan