Education In education, the broken windows theory is used to promote order in classrooms and school cultures. The belief is that students are signaled by disorder or rule-breaking and that they in turn imitate the disorder. Several school movements encourage strict paternalistic practices to enforce student discipline. Such practices include language codes (governing slang, curse words, or speaking out of turn), classroom etiquette (sitting up straight, tracking the speaker), personal dress (uniforms, little or no jewelry), and behavioral codes (walking in lines, specified bathroom times).
Education I.n education, the broken windows theory is used to promote order in classrooms and school cultures. The bel:ief is that students are signaled by disorder or rule-breaking and that they in turn imitate the disorder. Several school movements encourag:e strict paternalistic practices to enforce student discipline. Such practices inc.lude language codes (governing slang, curse words, or speaking out of turn), classroom etiquette (sitting up straight, tracking the ?speaker), personal dress (uniforms, little or no jewelry), and behavioral codes (walking in lines, specified bathroom times).