Watson Positive Reinforcement

Promoting Positive Behaviour in an Early Year's setting

[Name of the Institute]

Abstract

The research study aims to analyze the promotion of positive behaviour in an early years' setting. The purpose is to examine the advantages and disadvantages of using the awards and reinforcements in the classroom setting in order to motivate children's behaviour towards a positive direction. The study will use a qualities research method in the form of questionnaire and class room observations. The data will be analyzed through the statistical software with the help of coding. The main concern of the study will be to examine the effectiveness of the positive reinforcement strategies that are used to promote positive behaviour among children.

Table of Contents

Chapter I: Introduction5

Outline5

Background of Research6

Statement of the Problem7

Purpose of the Study7

Study Objective8

Research Questions8

Significance of the study9

Chapter II: Literature Review10

Introduction10

Exclusion Criteria10

Understanding Children's Behaviour11

Classroom Management12

Reinforcement Theory13

Positive Reinforcement14

Negative Reinforcement15

Practitioners' Use of Reinforcement Theory16

The Reinforcement Strategies19

The interventions20

Concatenation22

Procedures for Maintaining the Conduct22

Summary of the Review of Literature22

Chapter III: Methodology23

Design23

Sampling24

Data Collection24

Nature of Stimulus25

Analysis25

Ethical Concerns26

Questionnaire33

Data Collection Form35

Current Challenging Setting36

Promoting Positive Behaviour in an Early Year's setting

Chapter I: Introduction

When the children receive positive feedback their confidence level increases and they feel wanted. Keeping in view this fact it can be said that the negative consequences are applied immediately after a particular behaviour. The concept of positive reinforcement is to represent the positive reward after the issuance of a certain behaviour which increases the likelihood that the appropriate behaviour is repeated. This reinforcement is uses when the practitioners aim to establish the new skills to diminish an unwanted conduct. In order to have this procedure work, the reward needs to relate to the behaviour and making it contingent with the specifications and social reinforcement (Gardner, 2009, 8). It needs to be emotionally and cognitively suitable for the child. Besides, the negative reinforcement comprises of the disappearance of an object or event that precedes the unpleasant response that interests us, as a consequence of the disappearance that increases the frequency of the desired behaviour. The similar is applied to the psychology of the child in the early years of their development to give positive reinforcement in classroom and to guide their behaviour in a positive direction.

Outline

The first chapter discusses the background, purpose, objective and significance of the study. Chapter two addresses the literature related to this study and organized the chapter in the following manner: reinforcement theory, positive and negative reinforcement, reinforcement strategies, and potential relationships between reinforcement theory and children achievement. Chapter Three describes the data collection procedures, participants, and outcome measures.

Background of Research

If one wants to change inappropriate behaviour or teach something new, the first thing to do is to identify it as objectively as possible. For this, it is important to define the reinforcement in specific terms that require a minimum of interpretation, so that it can be observed (measured and recorded) by different people without having to make assumptions and / or subjective assessments. We analyze any behaviour as follows:

Stimulus ? Conduct? Consequence

Rewarding children for academic behaviour continues to be a ...