In Positive Discipline in the Classroom, Jane Nelsen, Lynn Lott, and H. Stephen Glenn address the popular concept of class meetings, where students and teachers discuss moral, ethical, and behavioral issues and work together to solve problems.
Students learn a number of social skills through the class-meeting process.
They learn to listen, take turns, hear different points of view, negotiate, communicate, and take responsibility for their own behavior. It is only when students have those skills and attitudes that reading, writing, and arithmetic will be meaningful in their lives.