Working With Students From Poverty: Discipline

One of the important skills that a teacher can bestow on her students when it comes to discipline is the ability to have self control, or as the article states "self-governance". In order to achieve this the first step is to outline two options for the pupil to take and the consequences of each, this way they learn how to make choices and take responsibility for that choice. The questionnaire for the student to complete exploring other actions they could have taken teaches them to look outside the box and give them practice deciphering other options to a problem than the most obvious.

This article has many good points about teaching the all important problem solving skills to students especially those from poverty who may not know how to handle situations from lack of stimulus. Meaning, a student who sees only one result of a given problem, does not know that there can be other ways to do things. Poverty limits options heavily and lowers the chances of adequate experiences for the child.