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Definition Key Preconceived Teachers Students
of Assertive Principles Ideas in Response and
Discipline of Implementing Styles Teachers
Assertive Assertive Right
Discipline Discipline
Presentation Focus
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Application Strengths The Practicality Is Assertive
of Assertive and of Assertive Tactics
Discipline Weaknesses Tactics in Local Appealing?
of Assertive ESL Classroom
Tactics
Founder of Assertive Tactics
Clearly outline
expectations as A teacher-in-
well as positive Assertive charge
and negative Discipline classroom.
consequences.
Teachers are
Uses a demanding yet
discipline plan. treat everyone
fairly.
A ssertive rules
R esponsible behaviour
Preconceived Ideas in
Implementing
Assertive Discipline
Punishment will
Students are
discourage
going to
students from
misbehave
misbehaving
Preconceived
Ideas
Teachers will
teach without
Students will
interruptions
comply with
from
the stated
misbehaved
rules
students
Teachers Response Styles
Assertive Teacher
Non-assertive Teacher
Hostile Teacher
Assertive
Teacher
Assertive teacher
The teacher might also comment on Example Why are you doing that?
the problem behaviour with stating Dont you know the
the right thing to do rules?
Hostile
Teacher
Hostile teacher
What is meant by
hostile teacher? Teachers also may
threaten students
Teachers may make you
angrily but the threats
statements that
may not being applied
condemn the students
because they are too
without stating clearly
vague.
what the students
should be doing.
(Edwards, 2007) Result
Say NO Give
without compliments
guilt appropriately
Follow through
Establish positive
regularly &
expectations and Indicate consequences
persist when
eliminate negative for positive or negative
students
expectations among behaviour
misbehaved
students
Set simple & straightforward Get students & parents
class rules agreement (using contract)
Strengths and Weaknesses
of Assertive Tactics
Strengths
Teacher-centered
Control Get
Teachers may use students students
is/her attention
assertiveness as a
tool/way to:
Stop unwanted
misbehaviour that
occur during the
class
Khon, A (2007)
Azizah A, R. et al. (2010)
Parents Language
awareness proficiency
Students in
Malaysia differ
from one another
in terms of: Multiple Socioeconomic
Intelligences background
Therefore, in a LONGER
TERM, assertive discipline lacks
in practicality as: Neglecting
May students
humiliate feeling/personal
students problems/
disabilities
Uses
reward/punishment
that do little to
childrens
development of pro
social skills
Khon, A (2007)
Is Assertive Tactics
appealing?
YES, it is appealing
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Systematic way Rules are stated Teachers may be
that allows clearly with demanding but
teachers to expected every students are
manage the behaviour and treated fairly.
classroom consequences.
effectively.
Theories of Assertive Tactics
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Assertive Tactics can be Overall, Assertive Tactics is
further improved by taking an effective disciplinary
into consideration of theory that exercises the
students needs. importance of protecting
teacher & students rights.
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References &
Bibliograpy
Charles, C.M. (2002). Building classroom management, 6th edition. New
York: Pearson