Autor/Autorin: da Silva Diogo Fernando
Graduated in Pedagogy from the Federal University of Rondônia; Specialist (post-graduate) in Management, Supervision and Guidance with an emphasis on Educational Psychology from the Faculty of Rolim de Moura; Municipal Public Servant in the position of Educational Guidance in Balneário Camboriú - SC. He has partial hearing loss.
Children's indiscipline is a phenomenon that damages their relationship with adults. This situation makes it difficult to manage this type of behaviour in terms of physical, psychological and social development. This calls for a different method capable of alleviating the problem. The aim of this research is to analyse the contribution of the Token Economy to student behaviour in the classroom. The study is based on the theoretical discussions of Behaviourism addressed by the three precursors Watson (1913), Pavlov (1932) and Skinner (1969). The possible effective contributions of technology are: the self-education of students in discerning what they should behave like and what they shouldn't; the self-knowledge of students in recognising that each environment has rules to be followed, such as school; the expanded perception with appropriate intervention on the part of teachers and family, knowing that it is more effective to reward than to punish. However, it is hoped that this work will contribute to the knowledge of education professionals and families in experimenting with assertive technology to overcome the problem of children's indiscipline.