Importance Of Behavior Management

Framework of the Study

Behavior management is the focus of this study. One approach in dealing disruptive behavior is through behavior modification. Behavior modification refers to the techniques used to try and decrease or increase a particular type of behavior or reaction. Behavior management skills are of particular importance to teachers in the educational system. Behavior management includes all of the actions and conscious inactions to enhance the probability people, individually and in groups, choose behaviors which are personally fulfilling, productive, and socially acceptable. According to Bijou (2008) behavior modification refers to psychological methods for treating maladjustment and for changing observable behavior patterns.

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Skinner relied on the assumption that the best way to modify behavior was to modify the environment. Skinner believed that the best way to understand behavior is to look at the causes of an action and its consequences, he called this approach operant conditioning. Operant Conditioning deals with operants - intentional actions that have an effect on the surrounding environment. Skinner set out to identify the processes which made certain operant behaviors more or less likely to occur. Goldstein & Brooks (2007), cited that children must learn that there are consequences for their behavior. It is best if these consequences are not harsh or arbitrary and are based on discussions that parents have had with their children. Taylor & Larson (n.d.), believed that cooperative learning is essential to teaching for global understanding. Cooperative learning activities reflect the increasing diversity of today 's global society. They assume heterogeneity and emphasize interactive learning opportunities inherent in the global workplace. Additionally, cooperative learning activities provide students with opportunities to develop social studies and literacy skills necessary for working productively with people from heterogeneous backgrounds and of diverse ability levels. In the Social Systems Theory, the child development is viewed as the continual adaptation or adjustment between an individual and the wide range of new and ever-changing social and physical

Piaget believed children undergo stages of cognitive development that allows them to grow and develop as individuals.

Teacher Effectiveness Training (TET). What makes the difference between teaching that works and teaching that fails? The factor that contributes the most is the quality of the teacher-student relationship. It’s more important than what the teacher is teaching or who the teacher is trying to teach. T.E.T., offers teachers the essential communication and conflict resolution skills they need to have high quality relationships with their students so there will be less conflict and more teaching-learning time. This model has worked for hundreds of thousands of teachers around the world.

John Dewey (1916): believed that classroom management should be guided by democratic practices with consequences and offered the theory of experience through social learning. Dewey believed that children were capable of learning, behaving cooperatively, sharing with others and caring for one another with the teacher as a facilitator. He believed that instructional management included a natural approach involving direction and guidance and that behaviour management included the sequential behaviour development of students. Many teachers practice this technique today as a central component of classroom management. Behavior management has been and still is the chief concern of