Rudolph jakers by Madison bar Rudolph strikers was an Austrian psychiatrist and educator he believed in the social discipline model he was born on February 8th 1897 and died May 25th 1972 Jaggers was the founder of the medical and the medical director of the community Child Guidance Center of Chicago draggers believed all humans are social beings so all misbehavior including miss behavior all behavior including miss behavior is orderly purposeful and directed toward achieving social approval he suggested that a behavior is a result of individuals purposes we do not simply react to forces that confront us from the outside world dry kurz identified four types of goals that motivate child's behavior attention getting power and control revenge or helplessness and or inadequacy he did not believe in the use of the punishment reinforcement or praise instead he believed in natural or logical consequences and the process of encouragement are the most useful techniques for presenting discipline problems praise is very different from encouragement praise is a reward given for a completed achievement praise tells students they have satisfied the demands of others praise is patronizing the person who praises has a superior position praise stimulates competition and praise stimulate selfishness whereas encouragement corresponds well to children's goals children seek approval and encouragement is a legitimate way to do it encouragement focuses on effort rather than achievement so it gives positive feedback to children who are trying hard but may not but may be unsuccessful encouragement motivates them to continue trying how does a teacher understand the goal of a misbehaving child if the teacher feels annoyed then the child's goal is in tension getting if the teacher feels beaten or intimidated than the child's goals power if the teacher feels hurt then the child's goal is revenge and if the teacher feels incapable then the child's goal is helplessness how does this apply in the classroom behavior can always be a problem in the classroom it is important for teachers to have this theory in the back of their mind so they know how to approach all behaviors they know how not to approach all behaviors in the same way each students missed behaviors must be approached based on background knowledge and what their possible intentions could be and here's my resource base