The+Ginott+Model

//**__ THE GINOTT MODEL __**//
 * Addressing the Situation with Sane Messages **
 * GINOTT’S KEY IDEAS **
 * 1. **** Discipline is a series of little victories. **
 * 2. **** The most important ingredient in discipline is the teacher’s own self-discipline. **
 * 3. **** The second ingredient is using sane messages when correcting misbehaving students. Sane messages are messages that address the situation and do not attack children’s characters. **
 * 4. **** Teachers at their best use congruent communication that is harmonious with students’ own feeling about situations and themselves. **
 * 5. **** Teachers at their worst attack and label students’ characters. **
 * 6. **** Teachers should model the behavior they hope to see in their children. **
 * 7. **** Inviting cooperation from students is vastly preferable to demanding it. **
 * 8. **** Teachers should express anger but in appropriate (sane) ways. **
 * 9. **** Labeling students disables them. **
 * 10. **** Sarcasm //is// and praise //often// is dangerous. Use both with great care. **
 * 11. **** Apologies from students should be accepted with the understanding that they intend to improve. **
 * 12. **** The best teachers help students to build their own self-esteem and to trust their own experience. **