JACOB KOUNIN

Whom are we talking about: Jacob Kounin is a classroom management theorist. He based his work on that of Glasser. Kounin began as an educational psychologist at Wayne State University in 1946. Prior to Kounin, most people felt as though discipline and instruction were separate entities. Many thought that teaching was only helping students learning information and skills. Discipline was how a teacher kept the students working, paying attention, and maintaining proper behavior. Kounin worked to change this view and to integrate teaching and discipline.