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Dr. William Glasser's Choice Theory
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Dr. William Glasser's Choice Theory and Reality Therapy:
Glasser's Choice Theory states:
Biography:
Glasser's Reality Therapy:
- All we do is behave.
- that almost all behavior is chosen, and
- that we are driven by our genes to satisfy five basic needs: survival, love and belonging, power, freedom and fun.
- Born May 11, 1925 in Cleveland, Ohio.
- First degree had nothing to do with psychology.
- Drafted into the army while in college.
- Obtained degree in Clinical Psychology in 1953.
- Based on choice theory.
- Nine steps to this therapy.
- This therapy was designed to allow reconnections to take place in relationships.
- Four personal steps to this therapy.
Beliefs:
Influences:
Choice theory includes habits:
Applying choice theory in the classroom:
Ten axioms:
References
- Dr. Glasser ran his own practice for thirty years.
- During this time, he came across the writings of a scientist named William T. Powers.
Pros and cons of Choice Theory:
Pros and Cons of Reality Therapy:
- Students must know they're cared for.
- Bad behavior, as well as good behavior, should never go unrecognized.
- Students must be given the opportunity to discuss behavior.
- Students need to be given an opportunity to set goals for better behavior and positive actions.
- Seven caring habits.
- Eight deadly habits.
- Believed that a person's choices and behaviors play more of a role in deciding if that person is happy or not than chemical imbalances in the brain or mental illnesses.
- People need to feel in control of their relationships with other people and situations they are put in.
- Pro: Students gain an "ownership of the learning process..." (Lynch, 2009).
- Con: "...up to 25 percent of students may remain unproductive" (Lynch, 2009).
- Pro: Focuses on present problems rather than past mistakes.
- Con: Doesn't focus on feelings or issues that people may be having trouble overcoming.
1) Own behavior
2) Provide information
3) Relationship problems
4) Problem relationship
5) Our past makes us who we are.
6) Quality World
7) Behave
8) Four components
9) Behavior is chosen
10) Designated by verbs
Lynch, W. (2009, October 14). Glasser Theory of Classroom Management | eHow. EHow. Retrieved November 11, 2013, from http://www.ehow.com/about_5530803_glasser-theory-classroom-management.html
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