Preventive or punitive disciplinary measures in South African schools: Which should be favoured?

Recent research shows a major paradigm shift towards preventive and positive rather than punitive disciplinary measures. Since the essence of learner discipline is correctional and educational rather than punitive, this approach seems to be the correct one – especially after the abolition of corpora...

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Authors: Oosthuizen, I. J. (Author) ; Wolhunter, C. C. (Author) ; Toit, P. du (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: 2003
In: Koers
Year: 2003, Volume: 68, Issue: 4, Pages: 457-480
Further subjects:B Positive Discipline
B Punitive Discipline
B Disciplinary Measures
B Preventive Discipline
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