Tip: Prosocial Education > Pillar 1 - Inductive Discipline
Inductive discipline is a positive and highly effective approach to discipline. In this approach, discipline is used as a teaching moment to help students learn how they should behave and why they should behave the way they should.
When students have a valid reason for what they are being asked to do, they are more willing to comply.
Inductive discipline helps students:
- learn how they should behave so they can begin to regulate their own behavior.
- become intrinsically motivated instead of relying on punishments, rewards, or other extrinsic motivators.
Inductive discipline helps teachers:
- understand how their reactions and behaviors impact student behavior.
- better understand why students are behaving the way they are.
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