...Discipline means obedience to a superior authority. Accepting the norms of the family, society, the commands of elders and obeying them is also discipline. Discipline means accepting punishments for violation. Discipline also means training of mind and character, developing self-control and the habit of obedience. In the entire universe, there is an order and discipline. The stars, the planets, the earth on which we live, the moon and the sun we see, move according to a system of discipline. We can see that plants, insects, birds and animals too observe discipline in their lives, only man who has a thinking mind finds it difficult to observe discipline. Discipline could be divided into two broad categories, external and internal. External discipline is that which is imposed by outside authority. It is often linked with authority and force. Discipline in the army is one such. Soldiers do not have a say in it except implicit obedience. As Tennyson says “Theirs not to make reply. Theirs not to reason why, theirs nut to do and die”. A soldier in a war field cannot ask for reasons. He has to obey commands; otherwise, the war is lost. Our ancient educational system believed in enforcing discipline by force. They used to say, if you spare the rod you will spoil the child. But that view is not correct. It will produce only negative results. That is why discipline has taken a new shape in schools and colleges now. It is call self-discipline. It is discipline by acceptance, not by imposition...
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...Discipline means obedience to a superior authority. Accepting the norms of the family, society, the commands of elders and obeying them is also discipline. Discipline means accepting punishments for violation. Discipline also means training of mind and character, developing self-control and the habit of obedience. In the entire universe, there is an order and discipline. The stars, the planets, the earth on which we live, the moon and the sun we see, move according to a system of discipline. We can see that plants, insects, birds and animals too observe discipline in their lives, only man who has a thinking mind finds it difficult to observe discipline. Discipline could be divided into two broad categories, external and internal. External discipline is that which is imposed by outside authority. It is often linked with authority and force. Discipline in the army is one such. Soldiers do not have a say in it except implicit obedience. As Tennyson says “Theirs not to make reply. Theirs not to reason why, theirs nut to do and die”. A soldier in a war field cannot ask for reasons. He has to obey commands; otherwise, the war is lost. Our ancient educational system believed in enforcing discipline by force. They used to say, if you spare the rod you will spoil the child. But that view is not correct. It will produce only negative results. That is why discipline has taken a new shape in schools and colleges now. It is call self-discipline. It is discipline by acceptance, not...
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...Progressive Discipline Dameian Donnell Barnes Central Michigan University Abstract In the Military the broad objective of discipline is to motivate employees to conform to acceptable standards of conduct and to prevent prohibited activities. Discipline is a part of the daily responsibility of supervisors and not merely the action taken at times when an employee deviates from accept-able forms of conduct. The supervisor's most effective means of maintaining discipline is through the promotion of cooperation, of sustained good working relationships, and of the self-discipline and responsible performance expected of mature employees. Progressive discipline is a process for dealing with job-related behavior that does not meet expected and communicated performance standards. The primary purpose for progressive discipline is to assist the employee to understand that a performance problem or opportunity for improvement exists. The process features increasingly formal efforts to provide feedback to the employee so he or she can correct the problem. The goal of progressive discipline is to improve employee performance. Whether you are a civilian supervisor or leader of Soldiers, we can always do more to prepare our employee or Soldiers for success and the core to that is progressive discipline. “Even when the standards for performance and behavior on the job are clearly communicated, most managers find themselves dealing with a problem employee at some point in...
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...Discipline Discipline is the process of teaching the child what type of behavior is acceptable and what type is not acceptable, it teaches a child to follow rules. Discipline may involve both punishment, such as a time out, and, more importantly, rewards. It sounds so straightforward, yet every parent becomes frustrated at one time or another with issues surrounding children and discipline. Every parent wants their children to be happy, respectful, respected by others, and able to find their place in the world as well-behaved adults. Nobody wants to be accused of raising a spoiled brat. Our responsibility as a parent is to help our child become self-reliant, respectful, and self-controlled. Relatives, schools, churches, therapists, health care professionals, and others can help. But the primary responsibility for discipline rests with us parents. Take a look at current parenting styles. According to Baumrind there are three styles of parenting: • An authoritative parent has clear expectations and consequences and is affectionate toward his or her child. The authoritative parent allows for flexibility and collaborative problem solving with the child when dealing with behavioral challenges. This is the most effective form of parenting. • An authoritarian parent has clear expectations and consequences, but shows little affection toward his or her child. The parent may say things like, "because I'm the Mommy, that's why." This is a less effective form of parenting. • A permissive...
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...Discipline consists of more than punishment, at the hand of authority, for wrongdoing. It includes self discipline; the regulation by a man of his own heart and mind, the cultivation of discernment, virtue and noble tastes and sentiments and the suppression of unbalanced passions, vice and mean dispositions. Discipline therefore, is a way of life. The undisciplined man is a slave to passion, luxury and sloth. He entertains dreams on a large scale but the reality of his existence is sordid. On the other hand, the disciplined man is a free man. His judgment is sound because he is trained and experienced in responsible judgment. His means are independent. His life is free of the debilitating influence of vice. He is able to discern between that which seems good and that which is good. Although discipline does not consist merely of punishment, at the hand of authority, for wrongdoing, this external discipline is nevertheless very important, as an essential part in training the individual to be self-disciplined (by means of punishments, rewards and warnings). This is necessary and proper, both for the sake of the individual and society at large. This external discipline is necessary, for example, in schools, in order to induce the recalcitrant student to concentrate on his studies and observe proper behavior as well as to protect the other students from a corrupting and disruptive influence. Punishment may, at times, seem harsh but it is justified by the miscreant's guilt. A...
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...Understanding discipline Self-discipline includes:- * Reliability Your group can rely on you when needed to complete tasks or help give a good impression on the group with appropriate behaviour, punctuality, attitude towards work, and general qualities. * Personal grooming and presentation Good hygiene, appropriate clothing for work area (e.g. Sports gear for practical lessons, Smart-casual for lessons). * Composure and sound attitude Ability to control emotions and keep personal life separate from college/school/work, to remain full concentration on why you’re there. * Punctuality and Time management Always on time for lessons/shifts/lectures to avoid distraction and bad reflection on the team. * Personality Being friendly at all times, open minded and not judgmental, respectful of other people’s opinions even if you don’t agree. Helpful, interested, patient, and hard working. * Good performance Showing that you have listened to instructions by proceeding with tasks no questions asked and completing it. How does self-discipline affect me? Having self-discipline means I am reliable in the eyes of my team and my leaders, I can understand all my tasks and can complete them with minimal supervision, which means my tutors will have more time for people who may need more support. When I have self-discipline I have willpower, the ability to ignore distractions and proceed with instructions I have previously listened to. I am punctual, respectful...
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...As a National Discipline Awardee, What Can I Do To Make This Country A Better Place To Live In? At first, I’ll start it with myself being a Disciplinary model. In making this country a better place to live in keep in mind that we should start making our self a better person, every good individual will make a good group of people in that way there will be a great society. As one of the nominees for this National Discipline Awardee, I am confident to be a model of having good characteristics which gives me and the other youths of today an opportunity to exemplify the right virtues starting with ourselves, to our immediate school reaching out to our community. I am only one. I cannot do everything but I can do one thing, a little act of good works embedded with the right discipline extending beyond an act that matters above all. – a Difference! I don't want young people to think they can't make a difference because they don't have money. Man, women, old, young, poor or rich can make a huge positive difference in this country if we are determined to pursue everything we know what’s good for us and for our country. You can't go through life and leave things the way they are. We can all make a difference, and if I die today, I know I made a difference. Be a role model for young people like you. You may influence them; little acts can change the world. Ma. Jahnica D. Zacarias Noted by: Dr. Lourdes D....
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...According to the dictionary, discipline is: Training that is expected to produce a specific character or pattern of behavior, especially training that produces moral or mental improvement. Controlled behavior resulting from disciplinary training. A systematic method to obtain obedience. A state of order based upon submission to rules and authority. To train by instruction and control. Discipline is a learned behavior. It is much more than blind obedience and punishment. Rather, it is a state of order and obedience that is a result of regulations and orders. You must be disciplined to achieve your goals. Discipline is training that develops, molds, strengthens, or perfects mental faculties and character. It involves placing group goals above your own, being willing to accept orders from higher authority, and carrying out those orders effectively. Part of the job of a cadet is to make their fellow cadets aware of the purpose and meaning of discipline. Types of Discipline. Self Discipline. Self discipline is a willing and instinctive sense of responsibility that leads you to know what needs to be done. Getting to work on time, knowing the job, setting priorities, and denying personal preferences for more important ones all measure how self disciplined you are. This is the highest order of all disciplines because it springs from the values you use to regulate and control your actions. The ideal situation is to motivate cadets to willingly discipline themselves, and exercise self...
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...There is no freedom without discipline “True freedom is impossible without a mind made free by discipline.” ― Mortimer J. Adler “There is no freedom without discipline.” - Many people disagree with this statement and tend to identify it as something bad. They identify with it as a restriction or absence of freedom. But in reality, this quote refers to the meaning that discipline defined by rules in society allows individuals to have freedom within their lives. Humans are free to do what they desire. Those who have freedom are also responsible. However, if individuals do not understand discipline nor follow it or establish any self-discipline, they may decide not to act accordingly to any rules present and break them. They will develop an intense and selfish desire for power, do whatever they can to cheat others off just for their own selfish needs, casting them aside, ruining the freedom of others, and even risking their safety. This is why freedom does not exist without discipline. Discipline is essential to living a free, protected, and safe life. According to dictionary, discipline is “training to act in accordance with rules”. An example of the absence of discipline can occur in the setting of a sports game, a ballet class, or all types of scenarios. Without discipline, a sports game will have no rules. Any of the players may choose to take advantage of the absence of rules, and can decide to cheat in order to win and ruin the fun for others...
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...SELF CONCEPT The self-concept is the accumulation of knowledge about the self, such as beliefs regarding personality traits, physical characteristics, abilities, values, goals, and roles. Beginning in infancy, children acquire and organize information about themselves as a way to enable them to understand the relation between the self and their social world. This developmental process is a direct consequence of children's emerging cognitive skills and their social relationships with both family and peers. During early childhood, children's self-concepts are less differentiated and are centered on concrete characteristics, such as physical attributes, possessions, and skills. During middle childhood, the self-concept becomes more integrated and differentiated as the child engages in social comparison and more clearly perceives the self as consisting of internal, psychological characteristics. Throughout later childhood and adolescence, the self-concept becomes more abstract, complex, and hierarchically organized into cognitive mental representations or self-schemas, which direct the processing of self-relevant information. Understanding your self-concept It is the understanding and knowledge you have of your own existence. It is how you see yourself in relation to others and to your surroundings. To have a positive or healthy self-concept you must: Know yourself Love yourself Be True to yourself In order to meet the challenges of today's complicated...
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...Parental Discipline Everyone who has ever shopped in a store has heard the wail of a young child as he tries to acquire a new toy or a candy bar. For most, the first idea that runs through an individual's mind is why would the parent allow the child to carry on and make a public display. The parent should discipline the child. The child needs to learn that certain behaviors are not permissible in a public setting. A parent should discipline his or her child. Discipline is an action that most parents do not want to engage in. Discipline is described as the practice of teaching or enforcing an acceptable pattern of behavior. With that being said discipline does not need to be physical. Only the threat of physical discipline is enough to discourage this individual from unwanted behavior. Growing up this individual never received any physical discipline but the threat was there and enough of a discouragement. Parents that are found disciplining his or her child in a public setting are often considered abusing his child. The parent is neglecting the child if the parent allows the child to continue with the unwanted behavior. Discipline should be delivered be the parent. The parent knows his or her own child better than a stranger. There are exceptions to every rule. That being said not every parent should discipline his or her child like another parent in a different household might. There is a fine line between discipline and abuse. A slap to the butt should not be considered abuse...
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...Children in Japan Japanese ideas about child-raising and discipline are usually a riddle or an abomination to the newly arrived foreigner who begins to observe the local parenting scene. However, it is not always easy to discern what traditional ideas of Japanese parenting are. Japanese society has for some time been in a state of controversy over child-raising and discipline issues. Ideas of parenting in Japan have been in a state of flux as Japanese parents of the younger generations have been open to the advice of western parenting gurus, which usually sharply deviate from traditional ideas of child-raising. To make sense of parenting standards in Japan, you must first try to identify the traditional standards of conduct. As expected, most of the problems seen among the Japanese youths of today are attributed to permissive and indulgent parenting and to the lack of discipline or teaching on proper behavior and manners from modern-day parents. Children learn more discipline from school than from home. Japanese children are usually well mannered. Japanese mothers generally do not scold their children, and try to train their children as much as possible through encouragement and praise. Children are sometimes punished by getting locked out of the house. The discipline style of the Japanese has changed over the years and spanking children is not seen as a positive form of discipline today. The argument over spanking a child is debated in...
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...Sacha Kagan Master CE&CE 2003 page 1 Instructor: Dr. Noordman Seminar: City-Marketing Book review: Peter Senge, The fifth discipline Introduction, or why we should listen to Peter Senge In the seminar on City-Marketing, Noordman insisted on the need for a city to develop its own effective organization climate. A city always has an organization climate, but is not often aware of it, and therefore can have a hard time improving its identity and its image. Senge, in The fifth discipline, helps us understand how we can effectively change the underlying assumptions, the values and norms and some behavioural patterns altogether. Moreover, this is not just about changing the organization climate for a better one. It goes well beyond identifying and fixing the short-terms problems a city faces: Senge leads us to change radically the way we think, so that cities can build sustainable organization climates. Truly understanding the principles of the learning organization will even drive us further than building organization climates for effective city-marketing… because city-marketing is merely a part of the whole issue of city-management and city-policy. I have thus to say right ahead, that I will not oppose any of Peter Senge’s fundamental ideas. I rather will insist on how essential his insights are, in order to avoid the misgivings of traditional modernistic thinking, which is too linear and fragmented to help us understand complex systems like cities. We will follow the plot...
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...Moulding of discipline Definition of disciplines 1. The practice of training people to obey rules or a code of behaviour, using punishment to correct disobedience: a lack of proper parental and school discipline * the controlled behaviour resulting from such training: he was able to maintain discipline among his men * activity that provides mental or physical training: the tariqa offered spiritual discipline * a system of rules of conduct: he doesn’t have to submit to normal disciplines 2. A branch of knowledge, typically one studied in higher education: sociology is a fairly new discipline * train (someone) to obey rules or a code of behaviour, using punishment to correct disobedience: many parents have been afraid to discipline their children * punish or rebuke formally for an offence: a member of staff was to be disciplined by management * (discipline oneself to do something) train oneself to do something in a controlled and habitual way: every month discipline yourself to go through the file School discipline School discipline is the system of rules, punishments, and behavioural strategies appropriate to the regulation of children or adolescences and the maintenance of order in schools. Its aim is to control the students' actions and behaviour. An obedient student is in compliance with the school rules and codes of conduct. These rules may, for example, define the expected standards of clothing, timekeeping, social conduct...
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...Positive discipline is one of the five main types of discipline that can address a variety of behavioral problems. However, many parents wonder, does positive discipline really work? Before jumping to any conclusions, it is important to educate yourself on some of the important principles of positive discipline. Build a Positive Relationship: Proponents of positive discipline recommend that caregivers spend quality time with children each day to build a healthy relationship. This quality time can include playing, talking, and simply enjoying one another’s company. During this quality time, it can be beneficial to talk to your child about the feelings he experienced throughout the day. For example, ask him when during the day he felt the saddest and when he felt the happiest. Then, share the same about your day. This provides an opportunity to learn about one another and build a strong foundation for the relationship while also teaching about feelings. Use Encouragement Liberally: Positive discipline focuses on encouragement over praise. Instead of praising kids for a job well done, encouragement focuses on a child’s efforts, even if there isn’t a successful outcome. Encouragement should celebrate a child’s improvements while motivating him to keep trying. Encouragement can help kids recognize their full potential. It also teaches them to be more independent as they will begin to see what they are capable of doing on their own. The key is to encourage kids in a way that...
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