Corporal punishment in schools?? Advocates of school corporal punishment argue that it provides an immediate response to indiscipline and that the student is quickly back in the classroom learning‚ rather than being suspended from school. Opponents believe that other disciplinary methods are equally or more effective. Some regard it as tantamount to violence or abuse. In the United States and the United Kingdom‚ and generally in the English-speaking world‚ the use by schools of corporal punishment
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Corporal Punishment in Schools Corporal punishment is the deliberate infliction of pain as retribution for an offence‚ or for the purpose of disciplining or reforming a wrongdoer‚ or to deter attitudes or behaviour deemed unacceptable (Miller‚ Vandome‚ & McBrewster‚ 2009). Corporal punishment can be divided into three categories‚ these include: judicial‚ domestic and school. For the purpose of this essay we will be focusing on school corporal punishment‚ the advantages and guidelines to follow
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honourable members of the School governing body. We the student elective have developed a proposal on correcting the pandemic of corporal punishment affecting this school. We will be addressing the following topics: corporal punishment before and after 1994‚ the student uprising of 1976‚ corporal punishment and independent schools‚ arguments for and against corporal punishment and our recommendation. Our aim is to gain your support in our stand against corporal punishment in our school but also in our community
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1 CORPORAL PUNISHMENT IN SCHOOLS IN SOUTH ASIA Submitted to the Committee on the Rights of the Child Day of General Discussion on Violence Against Children 28 September 2001 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 3 I. INTRODUCTION 4 II. HOW CHILDREN ARE AFFECTED BY CORPORAL 5 PUNISHMENT 2.1 Risk for the Child’s Physical and Psychological Health 5 2.2 Impact on Retention and Learning Achievements 6 III. LEGAL FRAMEWORK 7 3.1 The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) and the
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Corporal punishment means physical torture. It is a very difficult and controversial subject. What is right and what is wrong when discussing how to discipline children is difficult to determine. This has slapped the child and can be beaten‚ which is a form of punishment. These days‚ it creates many parents indiscipline to stop their child still in favour of using physical punishment. This teaching method is good and bad in fact‚ that raises a controversial question. In this article‚ I look at both
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II – 4 07 November 2013 Corporal Punishment in Public Schools Corporal punishment is the intentional use of physical pain as a method of changing behavior. Numerous nations have prohibited the use of corporal punishment in public schools‚ but the United States of America is a special case. Thirty states have prohibited the use of corporal punishment in public schools while twenty states have not‚ Texas being one of them. The use of corporal punishment in public schools should be prohibited because
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Status of Corporal Punishment In the United States‚ corporal punishment has been a common method in disciplining children and youth since colonial times. Murray A. Straus‚ a scholarly author defines corporal punishment as‚ “the use of physical force with the intension of causing a child to experience pain‚ but not injury‚ for the purpose of correction or control of the child’s behavior”(4). Until the late 20th century teachers were allowed to hit children. The ruler was a punishment commonly
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and Public Affairs Instructor: Research Project‚ Thursday‚ April 25‚ 2013 How Effective Is The Role Of Corporal Punishment? Introduction Corporal punishment is used in many households though out the United States of American. In every households across the country some type of punishment is a necessary skill fore parent to have and exercise. Punishment is a necessary skill in need to be able to enable the children to develop an understanding of what is appropriate
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"Should corporal punishment by parents be banned" is always an arguable topic since there are both supporters and people who are against corporal punishment. Corporal punishment includes pinching‚ hitting or beating with a ruler or stick. Recently‚ there were some extreme cases of corporal punishment. A drunken father hit his son and commanded him to walk on the street naked since he was so naughty. Besides‚ a single mother hurt her daughter with a knife because her daughter did not finish her
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Corporal Punishment Violence in sociologically is social conflict which is uncontrolled by people because people deny norm and social value that cause of destruct action. In education‚ sometime educator figure do violence to make students discipline. That is called corporal punishment. Corporal punishment is a kind of violence which is done by most of teacher or parents which is purposed to make students discipline or reforming a wrongdoer‚ or to deter attitudes or behavior deemed unacceptable.
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