Abstract
This chapter describes the discipline and the social setting of the school. Discipline involves social norms within the classroom. A norm is a generally accepted idea about specific ways of behaving in particular circumstances. Normative ideas refer either to behavior that is customarily expected or to behavior that people think ought to exist. In the face-to-face disciplinary situation, it is the values of the class teacher which are immediate concern. The teacher's personal philosophies are likely to vary from a deeply held belief in religious values to their complete rejection, and there is something to be said for the view that a teachers outlook on life in general will to some extent be reflected in his classroom attitudes. The teacher's concept of role as autocrat, leader, or patron of discovery will also vary not only according to personal philosophy but according to factors such as recollections of the teacher's own teachers, views acquired during training, the climate of the school, and pressures exerted by colleagues, pupils, and inspectors.
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