The Rights of the Child and `the Good of the Learners

A comparative ethnographical survey on the abolition of corporal punishment in South African schools

Dados Bibliográficos

ID3103153
AutoresJean-Paul Payet (0000-0001-5487-2048, University of Geneva, autor correspondente), Vijé Franchi (University of Paris Descartes, University of Paris 7)
Ano2008
Volume15
Fascículo2
Páginas157-176
Data de publicação2008-05-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoChildhood (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0907-5682 • E-ISSN: 1461-7013
EditoraSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0907568207088420
OpenAlexW2163526678
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas12
Referências citadas6

In contemporary South Africa, the abolition of corporal punishment symbolizes a break with the previous schooling system. A qualitative study in four formerly segregated schools south of Johannesburg showcases different realities and discourses on corporal punishment. The practices vary from its total abolition to its continued maintenance. Most learners in a Soweto-based school justify its use to maintain discipline in a hostile environment. Adding to conventional perspectives on the abolition of corporal punishment, a comprehensive approach provides a contextualized understanding of its function in the eyes of the school community, and reveals complex links between corporal punishment and a practice of care

Child Rights · Corporal punishment · Criminology · Human rights · Political science · Sociology · Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis · Education Discipline and Inequality · Law · Psychology · Social Psychology · Youth Substance Use and School Attendance