Corporal Punishment: Used in a Discriminatory Manner?

Slate, John R.; Pérez, Emilio Fernández; Waldrop, Phillip B.; Justen, Joseph E.

doi:10.1080/00098655.1991.9955892

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“…From the historical perspective, CP against children has received support for thousands of years from interpretation of legal, educational, and religious doctrines; for example, an old Western proverb says, "Spare the rod, spoil the child" (Slate, 1991). Until 2003, 23 states in the United States continued to authorize CP in their schools and about 2 to 3 million cases of CP in schools were reported each year (Society for Adolescent Medicine, 2003).…”

Section: The Support Of Cp-the Prosmentioning

confidence: 99%

Teachers’ Perceptions and Concerns on the Banning of Corporal Punishment and Its Alternative Disciplines

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Yuan

2010

Education and Urban Society

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Corporal punishment (CP) has been officially banned since December 2006 in Taiwan. It would be useful to explore the perceptions and concerns of elementary school teachers on the issue of banning CP and on alternative methods of discipline in 2008, two years since the ban took effect. In this study, 323 teachers were stratified randomly and drawn from 42 schools in Keelung City for the survey and 5 teachers were interviewed. The main finding of this study is that while most teachers understand and support the policy of banning CP in schools, there remain certain concerns on the effect of such a ban in schools. These concerns and conflicting viewpoints are especially over issues related to the difficulty in disciplining students and respecting the students’ human rights. An overwhelming concern is that some teachers might ignore students’ misbehavior and passively discipline to cope with the new law.

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Section: The Support Of Cp-the Prosmentioning

confidence: 99%