Educators' Disciplinary Capabilities after the Banning of Corporal Punishment in South African Schools

Autor/inn/en	Maphosa, Cosmas; Shumba, Almon
Titel	Educators' Disciplinary Capabilities after the Banning of Corporal Punishment in South African Schools
Quelle	In: South African Journal of Education, 30 (2010) 3, S.387-399 (14 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0256-0100
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Discipline; Punishment; Student Behavior; Teacher Attitudes; Qualitative Research; Case Studies; Secondary School Teachers; Teacher Role; Student Attitudes; Behavior Problems; Federal Legislation; Civil Rights; Educational Policy; Rural Schools; Interviews; South Africa + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Disziplin; Bestrafung; Student behaviour; Schülerverhalten; Lehrerverhalten; Qualitative Forschung; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Lehrerrolle; Bundesrecht; Bürgerrechte; Grundrechte; Zivilrecht; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Rural area; Rural areas; School; Schools; Ländlicher Raum; Schule; Schulen; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Südafrika; Süd-Afrika; Republik Südafrika; Südafrikanische Republik
Abstract	The escalation of learner indiscipline cases in schools suggests failure by teachers to institute adequate alternative disciplinary measures after corporal punishment was outlawed in South African schools. We sought to address the following two research questions: (a) How do educators view their disciplinary capabilities in the post-corporal punishment period? and (b) How do educators view the usefulness of alternative disciplinary measures? The study adopted a qualitative approach. A case study of three purposively selected practising junior secondary school educators was used. Data were collected through interviews. We found that educators generally feel disempowered in their ability to institute discipline in schools in the absence of corporal punishment. Educators revealed that learners do not fear or respect educators because they know that nothing will happen to them. Although educators are aware of alternative disciplinary measures, they view them as ineffective and time consuming. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Education Association of South Africa. University of Pretoria, Centre for the Study of Resilience, Level 3, Groenkloof Student Centre, Department of Educational Psychology, Faculty of Education, George Storrar Road and Lleyds Street, Pretoria 0001, South Africa. Tel: +27-12-420-5798; Fax: +27-12-420-5511; Web site: http://www.sajournalofeducation.co.za/index.php/saje/index
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Update	2020/1/01