WILLIAM GLASSER
THE ONLY PERSON YOU CAN CONTROL IS YOURSELF!
I have chosen William Glasser for my final blog because I enjoy his way of thinking. He believes that the need to love and to belong is the primary need because we all need people, everyone is in a relationship of some kind. I like the way he coded genetic needs (survival, love and belonging, power, freedom and fun) all of these play a role in our everyday life. He avoided focusing on the symptoms and worked toward fixing the reality of life. Although we are human and we make mistakes, we are responsible for our own choices. Part of the process of reality therapy is assisting in prioritizing wants and uncovering what is most important.
William Glasser chose to develop this theory because he worked with delinquent girls, his life long interests are in therapy and education. Glasser felt that students should take responsibility for their own actions, encourage students devise their own goals, plan and solution with minimal direction from the teacher, and he would prefer students to set their own rewards. Glasser, developed 7 caring habits that should be applied in the classroom to help students. Always focus on actions of the now and how together they would fix the problem and create a contract to sign and agree on the solution. Glasser found that school-aged children needed to feel love and belonging through these actions, in return he developed the reality and choice theory.
Through all of the research I have done, I found that Glasser developed more than just these two theory's, he has set the temperament for classrooms all over the world. Great idea on this project, I loved it and learned ALOT.
