CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION
A. BACKROUND OF THE RESEARCH
Discipline plays an important role towards the formation of students' character. It is one of the important components in a system where closely related to the discipline, nature, morality and decency. The word discipline is one thing that is synonymous in daily life. The word discipline is so broad meaning either meaning negative or positive sense. However, the negative meaning that often become the focus and is becoming an issue that is popular if it involves individual or group meetings with the community. The discipline problems in schools nowadays are a major problem among secondary students in Malaysia. Disruptive behavior must be concern by schools administration because this problems...show more content...
Datuk Dr. Abdul Hamid Othman in the local newspaper (The Straits Times: 15hb.Februari 1994) pointed out that teenagers who are always hang out usually come from people who live in settlements around the city. Experiencing the families and societies who are not criticize others because they have the attitude which is do not want to interfere others' matter.
Discipline problems in schools often becomes a hot topic discussed nowadays. This issue has widely spread throughout mass media. Each day we will be served with news of a discipline problems among students.
According to Harre and Lamp (1983), adolescents begin to adapt themselves more complex with family, peers and teachers, through activities daily and social life according to his mood. Disciplines related to nature, decency and morality. Discipline is not only appreciate the behavior that the community expected, but also willing to be obedient and loyal to the school, state and country. Classroom environment that is conducive classrooms with no discipline problems. Pupils who are disciplined will ensure comfort, neatness and atmosphere that promotes feelings of teaching and learning. (Ee Ah Meng,
The Practice of Discipline
Certain challenges in life can be described as being inevitable. Nearly everyone must face such typical events throughout the course of their life where surpassing a particular challenge is a sign of growth and experience, and, having been dealt with, such a trial is not expected to arise again. Most individuals in our society are familiar with such periods in their lives where they were made to begin walking as infants, coached into learning how to ride a bicycle later on, encouraged to start driving a car during the teenage years, earned a high school and/or college degree, etc. Such challenges and ordeals are expected. They are perceived as being completely natural and...show more content...
But why? Drugs and alcohol were touted as being very fun and exciting. Wasn't I curious in at least experimenting a bit? After all, alcohol, especially, was very common and accepted in most circles. Although it is illegal for minors to consume or possess it, we all know that the average adult uses it on a seemingly regular, acceptable basis, so why stay away? I watched my own parents consume it and they did not appear to be negatively affected by alcohol use. Why did I not attend local parties and participate in the practice of substance experimentation? You could argue that perhaps I paid attention to the anti–drug messages that were drilled into me throughout school, beginning at the elementary level, or maybe I was just scared to try drugs because I didn't fully understand what they were or what they did. Personally, though, I believe that I simply developed an early understanding of the consequences that come with the use of drugs and alcohol. During this same time, I began to hear increasing use of a term to describe certain young individuals who were completely free from drugs. These kids were referred to by the title "Straightedge." The first mention I had ever heard of this label came from my sister during the time I was a sophomore in high school when she asked me if I knew of this growing crop of young kids who listened to violent,
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Discipline According to Sailor (2010), "Discipline comes from the Latin word disciplina, meaning instruction or teaching to correct, strengthen, or perfect." The article talks about discipline and punishment in the education system, whereas parents and some teachers view discipline as a punishment while educators view it as a teaching strategy that can exclude punishment. As it stated by Hogan (2012), "True discipline, however, comes from within the child." Therefore, parents and teachers are aware that discipline is not through punishment, but through (1) guidance and teaching, (2) experiencing freedom, and (3) experiencing the natural consequences to his actions.
Guidance and Teaching
In theeducation system of American Samoa, the law has been published for teachers to view in terms of discipline when it comes in the classroom. Child Trends and...show more content...
There is no freedom when discipline is there, especially with the fact that physical discipline is strongly used by the Samoan teachers. Samoan students are afraid to do anything on their own because they have to obey what the teacher said. Hogan (2012) stated that, "This level of discipline cannot be achieved through commands and orders, but through experiencing freedom." The students have to experience freedom in order for them to learn how to behave instead of punishment that can lead to something else such as death or violence in the classroom. The importance of freedom in the classroom is that, students get to experience what is right and what is wrong on their own (will they do it again or not?), develop themselves physically, learning how to control themselves, and mentally and emotionally, as they practice to think of themselves. For example, instead of getting told to think about something in a certain time, the students can think as long as they want about the topic.
