At S.C. School,
Behavior is One of the Basics
Education Week, October 25, 2012
This is an article about the implementing of Positive
Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS).
While reading this article it reminded me of Maria Montessori’s Peace
Education, for which she was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize.
The three basic principles of Peace Education are:
1. Freedom of choice and self-determination – which leads to
self-respect, security and creativity.
These, in turn, lead to self-knowledge.
2. Respect and cooperation with our peers – once a
child/student has achieved the security of genuine self-respect, that child has
the ability to truly accept and respect others.
A deep understanding and acceptance of another person enables one to
respect the other person and collaborate constructively with them.
3. Respect for the environment – for the immediate
environment as well as for the whole planet.
Adults (teachers and parents) are responsible for creating a
learning environment in which children/students can express their free choice
and self-respect, and experience respect from and cooperation with their peers.
Adults also need to model the behavior they wish their
children/students to follow. We want
them to absorb the behavior from our beingness, not from our classroom
presentations.
Teachers should establish a special area in their classroom
where students can go to work out their conflicts. This might be a Peace Table or a Peace Corner
with two chairs. Some rules of behavior
need to be established and followed, rules that follow and enhance to three
basic principles of Maria Montessori’s Peace Education.
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