In his book The Fifth Discipline‚ Peter Senge emphasizes his model of a "learning organization‚" which he defines as "an organization that is continually expanding its capacity to create its future." A learning organization excels at both adaptive learning and generative learning. Senge describes five disciplines that are necessary for a learning organization. "Learning organization" is a catchphrase covering the ideal of an organization built on vision‚ teamwork‚ openness‚ flexibility‚ ability
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Culture is the customs‚ beliefs‚ social‚ and general family behaviors of a group or groups of people. The way children are raised also has a lot to do with the type of culture that they are raised in. Although discipline and punishment may vary widely depending on the part of the world the family is from. One thing still remains the same. Good parents want what is best for the child. The main difference would be what the parents believe is best for the child such as; an American mothers tend to
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Blake Leyden Cristine Smith December 7‚ 2009 The Lords of Discipline A novel based on his own military experience at “The Citadel”‚ Pat Conroy’s The Lords of Discipline takes place at the South Carolina Military Institute (a fictitious military school). Like most military schools throughout the United States‚ “The Institute” prides itself on its ability to transform “douche bags” to “whole men”. The authoritative figures responsible for this transformation are the cadre (upper classman)‚ carriers
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INTRODUCTION: The word discipline is quite common and well known in terms of its daily use in our life. Any system or organization whether it is social‚ political or education is evaluated quite often in terms of its discipline. In the similar way when we try to evaluate a person‚ society or nation in terms of its goodness or badness‚ then also most often the criterion of such evaluation is nothing but the discipline. Schools are termed as good and bad‚ on the basis of the discipline or in disciplined
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School discipline From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia A Harper’s Weekly cover from 1898 shows a caricature of school discipline. School discipline is the system of rules‚ punishments and behavioral strategies appropriate to the regulation of children and the maintenance of order in schools. Its aim is to control the students actions and behavior. An obedient student is in compliance with the school rules and codes of conduct. These rules may‚ for example‚ define the expected standards of
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Classroom Discipline: Teaching Stability‚ Order‚ Respect and the Value of Law. Effective discipline is a challenge for all educators. “The issue of discipline‚ also referred to as classroom management‚ continues to surface as one of the most challenging problems in education today” (“The Discipline Dilemma: Problems and Promises.”). Research suggests in order to maintain a well-disciplined classroom‚ teachers must establish rules and expectations‚ enforce limits of rules‚ encourage and reinforce
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Abuse or Discipline Abuse: (n) a·buse (uh-byoos) 1. To hurt or injure by maltreatment‚ ill use. Some parents try to say that the abuse that their child is enduring is to teach him/her a lesson. There is a very big difference between physical abuse and discipline for your child‚ and‚ as Bell hooks states in her essay‚ “Justice: Childhood Love Lessons”‚ love cannot coexist with abuse. I agree with her in saying‚ parents should discipline their children without physically abusing them. There are
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ARGUMENTATIVE ESSAY HAS DISCIPLINE HAD AN EFFECT ON THE CHANGE OF TODAYS GENERATION? In a society where good morals and principles almost seem extinct‚ it brings to the fore front of the conscious mind the role that discipline or lack thereof has played in the deteriorating state of the criminal element. Statistics show that just over ten (10) years ago in 2003 the number of murders recorded for that year was fifty (50) according to The National crime report. However in this present time it would
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its turn has made obedience possible.” (Montessori‚ 1988‚ p.239) Montessori believed that the disorderly and disobedient acts of a young child where from those actions that he/she had yet to develop and so where unable to control successfully. Discipline and obedience could not therefore be inflicted on a young child as had been traditionally thought‚ nor could it be sustained through rewards and punishments. “Obedience is seen as something which develops in the child in much the same way as other
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Jerome Weston The Progressive Era The Progressive Era‚ which lasted from the 1890s to the 1920s‚ was an age of reform‚ the nation’s response to the industrial revolution. Its effects touched virtually all Americans and transformed the role of government in American society. Although some areas of American life‚ namely‚ racial issues and women’s rights‚ were neglected during the progressive age‚ the groundwork was laid for future reforms in those areas and others. During the
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