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The myth of "self-control"

Submitted by bronstein on Tue, 07/15/2008 - 2:51pm.

We were shown this morning that some behavior exhibited by students may not be under their conscious control. This leads us to not say to a student, "How

can you not know what you did?!" It very well might be that the action

was done by the cognitive unconscious without the knowledge or control by the student's "I-function." It forces me as the teacher to approach control and discipline from a totally different angle. It remains to be seen how well I will be able to develop and employ new techniques to address this new understanding. I guess this will be one of the areas I'll be reporting on during the year.

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