Beyond Discipline
by Alfie Kohn
Review:
“Beyond Discipline” is our favorite of Alfie Kohn’s books, though “Unconditional Parenting” is also a very valuable read.”Beyond Discipline” is written for classroom teachers . Kohn delves into how our view of children underlies everything we do and why we need to move to a community model. Kohn then outlines what a community model would look like in the classroom. Parents and teachers could benefit from exploring “Beyond Discipline”.
Key Points:
- Interesting insight into the idea consequences and pseudo-choice.
- The appendixes are good resources to keep around!
Challenges:
- Like most of Kohn’s work this can be a bit like reading a manifesto from a soapbox.
- The changes the book proposes are a massive shift from the way most teachers were taught to teach which isn’t a bad thing but likely most teachers will need to go beyond just this book if they expect to actually change their practices.