Home | How It Works | Stats Login | Register         Case: Inconsistent Disciplining I am a student teacher and I have volunteered to participate in a special group of student teachers who are interested in teaching in diverse settings. One of the participants in our first group meeting was telling us about her disciplinary methods. When the white children in her class misbehave she sternly reprimands them because, she believes, they know the rules and they know what they are supposed to do. However, when the seven African American students misbehave, she gives them another chance because she wants them to know she cares. I have to react to this person and perhaps explain to her what the consequences of her action could be. What should I do and say? I am not even sure if her methods are actually good or bad. Solution: (Rates are posted for this solution!) This teacher needs to have a more consistent schedule of discipline. Students will recognize they are being treated differently and that is incredibly unfair. All students should receive the same punishment for first, second, and third time offenses. Students that are on the same level academically and behaviorally should be dealt with in the exact same manner. This is only setting up her classroom to be unsuccessful.