Choice Theory In The Classroom
This paper explores the “Choice Theory” by William Glasser to establish the prominent features of the topic as well as how can apply in the elementary school classroom. An earlier thinking by Glasser is that people can only control their lives but a later study suggests that Choice Theory is evident as well in the comparison with the human values. The concept of the Choice theory is more of an impression supposition. “Choice Theory is an internal control psychology: It explains why and how we make choices that determine the course of our lives” (Zastrow, 2009, p. 491). From the Choice Theory, it becomes apparent that current institutions do not present enough approaches that can allow students have the freedom of choice and the ability to act the way which fulfil them. According to Glasser this is a necessity and therefore such denial can lead to students finding unfit social means to fulfil such needs which can eventually bring disorderliness among the students (Tauber, 2007, p. 184). Teachers usually appreciate these natural wants of the young ones because to teachers it is a necessity to interest stimulation. Power and choice can bring the urge for students to much regard school positively. It is the matter of acting that becomes apparent whenever people try to fulfil their choices whether willingly or unwillingly.
Fulfilment of the fundamental needs for humans which include: Freedom of choice, having fun, recognition and self-worth, love and belonging as well as survival needs which includes housing, food and reproduction is a major contributing factor to the success of the Choice Theory (Coombs, 2004, p. 338). The most important is the resulting power aspect because it much directs human motive to the influence and character change by teachers. This desire for fulfilment can bring frictions between the instructors and the students in institutions. It is evident that the current main difficulties in the systems come as a result of the desperate search for power which comes more important to the students more than the want to belonging. “School-related learning teams increase the opportunity for more people to exercise more choices … and thus experience more power and influence than is possible when working as individuals” (Tauber, 2007, p. 184). It is therefore necessary that understand that the behaviours we choose should fulfil our needs and do not harm others. If it is in a way to influence others, then it should be done in a way that is comfortable to the other party. The Reality therapy becomes a crucial contributor in endeavours to achieve self fulfilment in that it helps people have the capacity to control their lives as well as to better their impressive characters.
An appropriate environment presenting no troubles to students brings better relations between the young learners and their instructors. It is these instructors who provide the necessary directions which enable the students fulfil their needs. The character of a human being is dictated by what kind of knowledge people acquire outside themselves and it is this kind of knowledge that forms the basis of determination and thus the behaviour presenting the choice as an individual. The physiological responses and the feelings constituents of the human reactions are hard to control but the actions and thinking perspectives are cheap to manage (Tauber, 2007). The behaviour is therefore a display of person’s efforts to harmonise the imaginary thoughts and his/her possessions (Zastrow, 2009). These imaginary thoughts compose of understanding from entire body senses such as taste, touch, see and smell.
As cited in Zastrow (2009), it is only the private reactions that one can control regardless of the prices to pay for doing it. Forcing one to undertake an activity that he/she does not want to do, the results are apparent that they can neither be unpleasing to both parties in question and they can even cause hostilities between the parties. Information is only what is available to us from others and the influence of such information to an individual is according to one’s choice. This will depend on how the individuals perceive the information they obtain from others. In addition, relationship problems consist of the longest type of psychological troubles which human beings encounter and they determine the choices and levels at which both physical and emotional depression can affect them. Possessing creative minds, human beings can create special reactions as responses to deal with difficult situations such as unhappiness which can result from relationship troubles. Such conditions can become hard even for physicians to indentify and these are as a result of reactions resulting from body senses. It is unfulfilling relationships that are the main causes of the character and emotional disorders.
A worthy transformation can arise from presenting the appropriate freedom of choice therefore scenarios such as threatening punishments as well as criticising the opponent can as well create bad characters (Zastrow, 2009, p. 494). It is a belief that there is always at least one unhappy relationship whenever human beings interact because not all efforts put in place are fully satisfying to both personal needs as well as others. Reaching a deal to resolve problems at hand arising from both parties can be a worth endeavour to undertake because it works towards creating understanding of each other and the freedom of choice. Moreover, the past contributes a lot to the manner in which we behave (Zastrow, 2009). It is therefore all these axioms that present the salient features of the Choice Theory and they form the foundation for self motivation which eventually leads to having interest to learning.
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