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Pang, Sun-keung Nicholas, and 彭新強. "School climate: a discipline view." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1992. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31956166.

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Fragapane, Emily R. "School Discipline Practices: Language Differences in Office Discipline Referrals." University of Dayton / OhioLINK, 2018. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=dayton1532346525688423.

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Sellars, Desmond. "School discipline theory and practice : implications for policy development in an isolated, rural school setting /." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1999. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk1/tape7/PQDD_0035/MQ47475.pdf.

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Wong, Ming-hau Anthony, and 黃明孝. "Collaborative management in school discipline in some secondary schools." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1994. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31957547.

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Chan, Yin-chun. "School deviance and the role of the discipline master in some Hong Kong secondary schools." [Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong], 1990. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B12840907.

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Wheeler, Anitra. "Middle School Teachers' Perceptions of Discipline." The Ohio State University, 2013. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1374223954.

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Hoffman, Stephen L. "Time to Discipline? Estimating the Risks and Impact of Public-School Discipline." Thesis, Harvard University, 2016. http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:27112686.

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In the three essays in this thesis, I explore the effect of school discipline policies on the suspension of public-school students, in an urban setting. In the first essay, using aggregate data, I investigate the effect of zero-tolerance disciplinary polices on secondary-school students. Capitalizing on a natural experiment, I used a “differences-in-differences” analytic approach to explore any benefit of a hypothesized deterrent effect and to estimate the impact of the abrupt expansion of zero-tolerance policies in one large urban school district. I found that Black students were suspended from school more often following the policy change, while suspensions of White students remained unchanged. In addition, expulsions from school, following the policy change, more than doubled for Black students, compared to only a small increase for White students. In the second essay, and the same urban setting, I employed continuous-time survival analysis in a student-level event-history dataset to estimate the risk of middle-school students’ first suspension of the school year. I found that this risk differed by three factors: (a) when the suspension occurred, (b) student grade-level, and (c) student race. At the beginning of the school year, this risk of first suspension for eighth-grade students was double the risk for sixth-grade students, although this difference diminished over time. Additionally, the risk for Black students was more than ten times the risk for White students. In the third essay, I extended my work further, using repeated-spells survival analysis to describe the timing of suspensions over the duration of the students’ entire middle-school careers. I found that—once a student had been suspended from middle school for the first time—the median time until a second suspension was less than one school year, and the median time until a third suspension was about one semester. These risks also differed substantially by gender, race, and poverty level. The risk of a first suspension for boys was substantially higher than for girls. This risk was also higher for poor students than for non-poor students. However, the risks of both a first suspension and subsequent suspensions were substantially higher for Black students, compared to White students, even after controlling for differences in poverty among the groups. Taken together, these analyses underscore disparities in school disciplinary practices, based on important student demographic characteristics, while providing an updated and more methodologically sound way of describing these effects.
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Yu, Bik-yin Rebecca. "Perceptions of discipline prefects towards their services : a qualitative study /." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 2000. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B22291933.

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Anderson, Elizabeth Anne. "The effectiveness of a proactive school-wide discipline plan on office discipline referrals at the elementary school level." Lynchburg, Va. : Liberty University, 2009. http://digitalcommons.liberty.edu.

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Elliott, Lyndzey R. "Teachers' Attitudes toward School Discipline| Studying How a Student's Implied Race May Influence Teachers' Understanding of School Discipline." Thesis, The George Washington University, 2018. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10742878.

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This research explores the ways a student’s implied race may impact teachers’ understanding of school discipline. While the school-to-prison pipeline has been studied extensively, the role of gender, and the factors that may shape the disproportionate punishment of African-American girls, has been neglected. This study focuses on how the implied racial identity of girls may affect which girls are punished for violating school rules, as well as the extent to which they are punished, in some cases also showing how teachers understand their own motivation to punish. This study uses four vignettes to gauge responses to hypothetical rule violations from 34 current and/or former middle or high school teachers in the United States, comparing how the educators respond to differently raced girls who are identified as breaking school disciplinary codes. This study is a small but important piece in analyzing the school-to-prison pipeline and, in particular, to see why race is often a distorting factor in understanding who we punish and how we punish them. One of the findings of this study is that racial and gendered stereotypes and biases may lead to disproportionate and overly harsh school discipline recommendations for African-American girls. Encouragingly, responses from this survey did reflect an unexpected, yet promising shift from punitive to more restorative practices in terms of how some teachers want to handle school code violations. This newer approach to school discipline could potentially reduce the number of suspensions and/or expulsions, possibly lessening the presence of African-American girls in the school-to-prison pipeline.

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Jacoby, Rhonda L. Edwards Linda L. "The effectiveness of a proactive school-wide approach to discipline at the middle school level." Diss., UMK access, 2008.

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Thesis (Ph. D.)--School of Education. University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2008.
"A dissertation in urban leadership and policy studies in education and education." Advisor: Linda L. Edwards. Typescript. Vita. Title from "catalog record" of the print edition Description based on contents viewed Feb. 6, 2009. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 84-91). Online version of the print edition.
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Christy, Donna. "The Influence of School Discipline Approaches on Suspension Rates." ScholarWorks, 2018. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/5995.

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A free and appropriate public education is promised to every child in the United States. However, zero tolerance school discipline policies have broken that promise, pushing students out of the classroom and into the school-to-prison pipeline. Despite the growing body of research demonstrating negative social and economic impacts of exclusionary discipline, public school administrators have been slow to adopt innovative policies that provide rehabilitative alternatives. The purpose of this study was to compare, using the consequences of innovations application of Rogers's diffusion of innovations theory, the impact of various school district approaches to school discipline on suspension rates while controlling for race and socioeconomic status. This study used a quantitative, nonexperimental, nonequivalent groups, posttest-only research design using secondary analysis of data reported by 218 school districts in a New England state for the 2016-17 school year. Analysis of covariance indicated that there is a significant relationship between approaches to school discipline and suspension rates when controlling for racial and socioeconomic composition (p < .05). Race and economic disadvantage significantly influenced suspension rates (p < .001), and districts implementing alternatives differed significantly in their racial and socioeconomic compositions (p < .001). Policy implications include the promotion of alternative approaches to school discipline. Implications for social change include evidence to support the work of those addressing the needs underlying student behavior rather than crime and punishment models to produce safe and supportive schools and dismantle the school-to-prison pipeline.
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Vaaltein, Lawana David. "Investigating the relationship between discipline and student performance in the schools of Kwanobuhle township: 'The discipline factor'." Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/d1020035.

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Indiscipline in schools has been so pervasive that in many instances, learning and teaching have become difficult, if not impossible. There are so many reports of indiscipline in schools that school authorities are continuously trying to find solutions to this catastrophic phenomenon. It is believed that the lack of discipline in schools is a major contributing factor to the failure rate and poor performance of learners. The purpose of the study is to investigate whether indiscipline in township schools has a negative impact on the performance of learners in those schools. There are reports that there is an unacceptable and ruinous level of indiscipline therein. The targeted participants in the research are principals and educators from five senior secondary schools of KwaNobuhle Township, Uitenhage. The participants were purposely selected because of their many years of teaching experience and working with learners. Qualitative and quantitative approaches were used to collect data from participants. Data collection instruments consisted of interviews done with participants and questionnaires filled in by the aforementioned stakeholders. This evidence showed that there are many learning and teaching hours lost due to direct indiscipline and dealing with discipline. This subsequently renders learning and teaching ineffective. It is obvious that, once teaching and learning is ineffective, this will, definitely result in the poor performance of learners and high rate of failure. The study recommends that serious and urgent steps must be taken to minimize or eradicate the menace of indiscipline in these schools as soon as possible. Indiscipline cannot be ignored or taken lightly because there are already so many other structural misfortunes in the education system that are stumbling blocks to the academic achievements of township learners, namely, socio-economic conditions, crime, drugs, alcohol and unemployment. As long as discipline is a problem in the township schools, learners will perpetuate to perform poorly and the failure rate in these schools will rise.
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Haselman, Ted M. "Does School Discipline Style Make a Difference?" University of Findlay / OhioLINK, 2017. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=findlay1499377978876935.

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James, Shondell B. R. "Discipline In Charter Schools| Investigating How School Design Shapes Disciplinary Culture." Thesis, Hofstra University, 2018. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10974935.

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Background: Charter schools are one of the most recent attempts at improving the educational outcomes for low-income and minority students. These schools were created with the intent of being innovative, individualized, and allowing parents choice about the type of education their child received. This intention has not been fully realized, instead charter schools have been debated because of mixed performance and issues that have arisen surrounding their discipline policies, specifically suspension rates and strict behavior regulations. Purpose: This paper explores how educators perceive and experience school culture across two different types of charter schools, with the intent of revealing diversity within the charter school sector. In doing so, it seeks to understand how discipline policies differ across charter school types, and the impact of these differences on school culture. Research Design: Using the theoretical framework of a hidden curriculum, this multiple case study highlights the impact that discipline policies have on the school culture. Research Question: How do different charter design models shape the disciplinary culture in schools? Findings: (1) Community-based charter schools, whether No-Excuses or independent, are moving away from stringent disciplinary practices, but this results in perceived inconsistencies in implementation of their discipline policy. (2) The design model of the charter influences the disciplinary culture of the school, which is experienced differently based on one?s position. (3) Implicit assumptions about student demographics and the accountability context influence disciplinary practices.

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King, Joseph Dain. "The effects using positive statements in a discipline code on sixth grade students." Instructions for remote access. Click here to access this electronic resource. Access available to Kutztown University faculty, staff, and students only, 1998. http://www.kutztown.edu/library/services/remote_access.asp.

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Irby, Decoteau Jermaine. "Understanding the Zero Tolerance Era School Discipline Net: Net-widening, net-deepening, and the cultural politics of school discipline." Diss., Temple University Libraries, 2009. http://cdm16002.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p245801coll10/id/46813.

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School safety is widely recognized as an ongoing problem in United States public schools. Guided by the New Right, the school safety problem has been framed as an issue of school crime, violence, and student misbehavior that is best mitigated by zero tolerance policies. This stance has emerged as an agenda that has proven disproportionately detrimental to poor urban students of color who have experienced unforeseen levels of punishment since the Gun Free Schools Act of 1994 endorsed zero tolerance. Despite mounting evidence that zero tolerance approaches to discipline do little to deter school crime and violence or make schools safe, little ground has been gained in interrupting the ideology, policies, practices, and discourses of the zero tolerance agenda. The dissertation study theorizes and explores how ideology, cultural-politics, and discourse foster the tendency for policy creation and codification to legitimize the New Right's official knowledge of zero tolerance ideology and policy as a panacea for the school safety problem. To accomplish this, I conducted an ethnographic content analysis of codes of student conduct to examine the imbued ideologies, discourses, and policy changes that emerge from the cultural politics of managing school discipline over the last 15 years. Through this process, I lend empirical credence to the concepts of net-widening and net-deepening. With these guiding concepts, I push the field beyond the zero tolerance discourse on school safety and discipline to establish a generative alternative to understanding school discipline policies called the school discipline net framework. The results of the study establish a precedent for thinking more deeply and creatively about the perils and possibilities of school discipline policies. Major findings include the identification of several school policy changes that make the discipline experience both increasingly likely and potentially more punitive for students. Finally, through substantiating the school discipline net as a framework for discoursing, researching, guiding policy creation, and recognizing and locating sites of agency, this work establishes that it is indeed possible to engage issues critical in the field in ways that can transfer into the highly politicized school policy context dominated by New Right ideologies and discourses.
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Beckham, Julius E. "Zero Tolerance Discipline Policies: Urban Administrators’ Perspectives." Oxford, Ohio : Miami University, 2009. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc%5Fnum=miami1250212346.

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Pro, Amy Louise McFarland. "Social and academic factors that influence the behavior of students assigned to a disciplinary alternative education program /." Digital version accessible at:, 1999. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/utexas/main.

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Dwyer, Michael, and n/a. "Discipline policies and practices in the primary school." University of Canberra. Education, 1988. http://erl.canberra.edu.au./public/adt-AUC20060706.162852.

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The study attempts to investigate discipline policies and practices in primary schools since the abolition of corporal punishment. The purposes of the study were to find out who is involved in the formulation of a policy; how this procedure takes place from the initial stages to fruition; the contents of a completed policy document and to canvass opinions of teachers and students about their school policy. Information was obtained from twenty-two completed questionnaires received from public primary schools in the Belconnen region of the ACT and a more detailed case study of three of these schools. A search of the literature revealed a number of key elements of a whole school discipline policy. These included: formulation of policy; recognition of appropriate student behaviour; rules and consequences; policy procedures; responsibility for policy implementation; the abolition of corporal punishment. The study showed that there is a growing awareness of the democratic decision-making process within classrooms and that schools are producing comprehensive discipline policies, many of which are now more accurately titled 'Management of Student Behaviour'. Schools are encouraging appropriate behaviour from the students, endeavouring to develop student self-discipline and self-esteem, and are using agreed logical consequences when rule violations occur. The case study concludes with comments on the ACT Schools Authority Discussion Paper 'Policy and Procedures for the Management of Student Behaviour in ACT Public Schools' issued during 1988.
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Sloane, Alwyn M., and n/a. "Influences on teachers' discipline in the primary school." University of Canberra. Education, 1987. http://erl.canberra.edu.au./public/adt-AUC20061108.162433.

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The study described in this report attempted to investigate the area of classroom discipline in the primary school. In particular the objectives were to ascertain the factors which influences teachers' knowledge of discipline procedures and the factors which influence teachers' implementation of discipline procedures. The study first examined discipline policies and practices in Australian schools generally and in Australian Capital Territory government schools in particular. A review of the literature indicated that the area of discipline in the classroom is one which seems to be increasingly important in the range of presage variables under investigation by researchers. Information was obtained from sixty completed questionnaires from primary teachers in eight primary schools. Respondents indicated that they taught over the full range of primary school years/grades. Results suggested that senior management in the schools appeared to have a relatively unimportant role in influencing classroom teachers' discipline programmes. The results indicated that the in-school influences which were perceived as the most influential on both teachers' knowledge of discipline procedures and on teachers' current discipline procedures were a) those connected with pupils and b) factors about the personal preference of teachers. The out-of-school influences which were perceived as the most influential on both teachers' knowledge of discipline and on teachers' current discipline procedures were a) those connected with professional development and b) factors about the intuitions and reactions of teachers. Results in general suggested that some primary teachers may be depending or) outdated information regarding school and classroom discipline programmes. These findings could have important ramifications for teacher training agencies regarding the allocation of resources to the area of school discipline programmes.
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Williams, Matthew C. "A Normative Ethical Analysis of School Discipline Practices." Thesis, University of Rochester, 2013. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3561048.

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This is a normative ethical analysis of school discipline policies. The overarching objective of this work is to inform school practices that directly benefit students. Chapter one examines the current state and practices of student discipline within schools. It focuses upon the pervasive use of suspensions to deal with non-violent student offenses and the adverse consequences that result from the applications of suspensions. Chapter two analyses three theoretical frameworks as they inform the developmental of a threshold for the ethical application of punishment. Developmental liberalism informs the understanding of the role that schools have in exhausting educative measures before the use of force, Self-Determination theory provides the foundation for psychologically nurturing school environments as necessary for the curtailing of adverse student behaviors, and School Community theory acknowledges the essential aspects of curriculum in engaging students. Chapter three sets forth a model for making ethical decisions within schools, and provides an analysis of principles and educational aims that directly inform this process. Chapter four explores the "crime and punishment" phenomenon within school discipline and provides the theoretical rationale that is offered to support such arguments. The chapter concludes with a discussion of when, if ever, it is appropriate to suspend students from school. Chapter five examines existing approaches to student discipline that align with the requirements of the threshold for ethical application of discipline and a well-informed ethical decision making process.

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Strauss, Bradley Stead. "School discipline and collaboration rule-making : pupil perception." Thesis, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11838/1926.

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Teachers often complain of a lack of discipline in the school environment. In addition, these breakdowns in discipline become, on occasion, media headlines when violence, bullying, vandalism and intimidation flare up into major incidents. This, coupled with the desire of the national Department of Education (DOE) to encourage teachers to use more co-operative disciplinary methods, has led to this investigation. This dissertation explores the perceptions of senior secondary pupils around school discipline, with a particular focus on collaborative rule-making. Pupil perceptions were ascertained through a structured interview process. A framework of understanding was established by examining the pupils' interpretation of the meaning of discipline; the state of discipline in their school and recommendations to address problem areas; authority; corporal punishment; power and prefectship; power and non-prefect matrics; prefect versus nonprefect views on discipline; the prefect system; the fairness of school rules; and pupil input into school rules. The understanding gleaned from the pupils' perceptions of these notions established a solid base from which an investigation into collaborative rule-making was launched. Thereafter, the notion of collaborative rule-making, the viability of collaborative rule-making, the advantages and disadvantages of collaborative rule-making and the implementation of collaborative rule-making were examined. The pupils came out strongly in support of collaborative rule-making and were keen to have an input into the school's disciplinary structures. The potential advantages far outweighed any possible disadvantages. These findings support both Bernstein's (1996) principle of pupil participation and the premise of pupil input into Codes of Conduct as detailed by the South African Schools Act (No. 84 of 1996).
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Cheung, Fung. "Ethical decision making of discipline teachers in Hong Kong secondary schools." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 1999. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B21304671.

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Lewis, Laurie Hale. "The development of effective discipline practices of a rural Georgia elementary school." Click here to access dissertation, 2007. http://www.georgiasouthern.edu/etd/archive/summer2007/laurie_h_lewis/lewis_laurie_200708_edd.pdf.

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Thesis (Ed.D.)--Georgia Southern University, 2007.
"A dissertation submitted to the Graduate Faculty of Georgia Southern University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree Doctor of Education." Education Administration, under the direction of Linda M. Arthur. ETD. Electronic version approved: December 2007. Includes bibliographical references (p. 68-75) and appendices.
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Garcia, Alain. "Education et discipline au collège." Thesis, Bordeaux 2, 2013. http://www.theses.fr/2013BOR22025.

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Dans les collèges français, la question de l’éducation fait l’objet d’un traitement assez sombre : au niveau statutaire, elle marque en effet le faible prestige de certains personnels, ou de certaines matières enseignées. C’est le cas des conseillers et assistants d’éducation, ou, sur un autre plan, de l’éducation artistique, de l’éducation civique ou de l’éducation physique et sportive. La connotation négative de l’éducation apparaît aussi dans les discours quotidiens, enclins à dénoncer des carences. L’écart social entre les membres des classes moyennes cultivées et leurs élèves ne prédit pas, cependant, le niveau de tension. La construction d’un climat d’établissement joue en effet une fonction importante ; en second lieu, les situations éducatives les moins aisées obligent précisément à réfléchir en termes éducatifs. Il en ressort souvent un meilleur climat que dans des établissements peu exposés. Dans l’imaginaire des professionnels, le collège n’aurait d’autre but que d’organiser la succession de cours entre enseignants savants et apprenants captivés. Depuis les débuts de la massification, les professeurs appliquent en réalité des pédagogies « bricolées », sans rapport avec les principes idéels. Malgré ces adaptations officieuses, les collégiens sont pénalisés par la segmentation des cours, l’étouffement de l’esprit critique, la faible intégration éducative et la relégation du « sale boulot » de discipline. Dans les établissements favorisés, l’insuffisance démocratique incite plutôt à l’utilitarisme, et au développement d’une culture juvénile anti-scolaire ; dans les collèges populaires, les élèves en échec peuvent aussi opposer une violence
In French colleges, the issue of education is poorly treated : at the statutory level, it marks the low prestige of certain personnel, or certain subject matter being taught. This is the case with counsellors (conseillers d’éducation) and teaching assistants (assistants d’éducation) or, on another level, with arts education, civic education or physical education. Education’s negative connotation is confirmed in people’s discourse, which is inclined to report deficiencies. The social gap between members of the cultivated middle class and their students does not, however, predict the level of tension. First, the construction of a school environment indeed plays an importance role ; what’s more, the most difficult educational situations are precisely the ones that require us to think in educational terms. The result is often a better environment than in institutions with little exposure to difficulties. In the minds of professionals, French colleges have no other purpose than to organise the succession of courses between scholarly teachers and captivated learners. From the beginning of mass schooling, teachers actually apply “tinkered” pedagogies, unrelated to imaginary principles. In spite of these unofficial adaptations, students suffer from the segmentation of courses, the stifling of critical thinking, poor educational integration and the relegation of disciplinary “dirty work”. In privileged establishments, the democratic deficit rather encourages utilitarianism, and the development of an anti-school youth culture ; in lower class French colleges students who are failing may also resist through other forms of violence
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Machika, Nonhlahla Mildred. "The effect of learner discipline on academic achievement of grade 12 learners." Thesis, University of Limpopo (Turfloop Campus), 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10386/763.

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The purpose of this study is to investigate and highlight the effects of learner discipline on academic achievement. Respondents in this research were requested to make their perceptions and attitudes known on the following issues: • Can discipline improve academic achievement? • How can discipline be used as a means to manage academic achievement? • How does discipline influence academic achievement? • Which strategies promote sound management of academic achievement? • Why should discipline be employed for academic achievement especially of grade 12 learners? • What hinders sound management of discipline for academic achievement? Chapter one deals with historical background, significance of the study, problem statement, main research question, aims and objectives, delimitation of the study, definition of concepts and research programme. Chapter two consists of literature review whereby primitive views on discipline are investigated. Contemporary views on discipline, accepted disciplinary strategies, obstacles that hinder learner discipline for academic achievement and hindrances to sound management will also be investigated. Chapter three consists of Research Methodology and it includes introduction, research design, population, sampling procedures, research instruments, data collection, confidentiality, reliability, validity and conclusion. Chapter four focuses on data analysis and interpretation. Chapter five presents a summary, suggestions, recommendations and conclusion.
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Eddy, Thomas M. McNeal Larry. "Teacher and student perceptions of school environment and student discipline." Normal, Ill. Illinois State University, 1997. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/ilstu/fullcit?p9819892.

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Thesis (Ed. D.)--Illinois State University, 1997.
Title from title page screen, viewed June 14, 2006. Dissertation Committee: Larry McNeal (chair), Paul J. Baker, Lemuel W. Watson, Joe Parks. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 102-112) and abstract. Also available in print.
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Lapperts, Desmond Michael. "Forms of discipline practised at two rural schools." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/20109.

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ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The study aims to research discipline in schools and I explored alternative forms of discipline. The literature indicates that alternative forms of discipline exist to the canings that were inflicted in the past, which have now been outlawed. However, effective alternatives to corporal punishment are not obvious. Before deciding on alternatives, it is advisable that teachers go through an experimental phase, and be prepared to make adjustments along the way. The literature also shows that classes with fewer behavioural problems have teachers who tend to use non-violent and child-centred approaches to classroom discipline. Studies show that the vast majority of disciplinary problems result from the circumstances in which such learners find themselves, which are characterised by problems at home, learning barriers, trauma, and ineffective teaching methods. I conclude that the application of corporal punishment aggravates such problems, rather than solving them. Present-day educators are required to fill a greater pastoral role than they did in the past, as learners nowadays tend to face many more difficult challenges than they used to do in the past and also are likely to experience less support outside the school. Most educational psychologists recommend that educators place learners, in cases of them suffering from emotional problems, child abuse, sexual abuse, HIV/AIDS, or alcohol and drug abuse, in an intensive process of counselling, with them being referred to experts in the fields of reference (Porteus et al., 2001:45). I conclude that attempts to improve classroom discipline can be effective if the whole school community is involved. One of the ways in which the whole school community can become involved in attaining a better discipline system is through the adoption of a code of conduct that is arrived at by means of consultation, persuasion and agreement with all role-players concerned. The maintenance of such a code is, however, only likely to be successful if it is strictly enforced and the appropriate sanctions are imposed against those who violate it.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Hierdie studie doen navorsing oor dissipline in skole, en spesifiek alternatiewe vorme daarvan. Die literatuur dui op die bestaan van alternatiewe vorme van dissipline na die afskaffing van lyfstraf in Suid-Afrikaanse skole. Alternatiewe vorme van dissipline is egter nog nie duidelik sigbaar nie. Voordat daar besluit kan word oor alternatiewe vorme is dit egter raadsaam dat onderwysers eers eksperimenteer en die haalbaarheid van alternatiewe vorme probeer vasstel. Die literatuur dui aan dat klaskamers met min of geen dissiplinêre probleme, onderwysers het wat nie-geweldadige en kindergesentreerde benaderings volg. Studies dui aan dat kinders met dissiplinêre probleme uit huise kom met leerprobleme, trauma, en oneffektiewe onderrig metodes. My gevolgtrekking is dat lyfstraf sulke problem vererger, eerder as om dit op te los. Daar word van hedendaagse onderwysers verwag om meer as ooit tevore 'n pastorale rol te vervul. Sielkundiges adviseer dat leerders met ernstige dissiplinere problem eerder na deskundiges verwys behoort te word in plaas daarvan om dit in die klaskamer te probeer oplos. My gevolgtrekking is dat klaskamer dissipline kan effektief toegepas kan word indien die hele skool, ouers en gemeenskap betrokke word. Dit kan slegs geskied met 'n gedragskode wat deur wye konsultasie, beraadslaging en in ooreenstemming met al die rolspelers daar gestel word. Die handhawing van so ʼn kode kan slegs slaag indien dit streng toegepas word en indien daar strafmaatreëls in plek is vir diegene wat die kode verbreek.
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Chan, Kam-wai Dennis. "Unruly pupils in a Hong Kong secondary school : a case study /." [Hong Kong] : University of Hong Kong, 1994. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B13834277.

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Lee, Shu-fai, and 李樹輝. "The management of school discipline in Hong Kong aided secondary schools and the implications for school administration." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1985. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31955472.

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Mak, Tak-cheung. "A study of teachers' perception of school discipline and management." [Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong], 1995. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B15967852.

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Kidd-Burton, Sarah Jane Morreau Lanny E. "Relationship between violent experiences and discipline problems in school." Normal, Ill. Illinois State University, 1996. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/ilstu/fullcit?p9720809.

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Title from title page screen, viewed May 30, 2006. Dissertation Committee: Lanny Morreau (chair), Kenneth H. Strand, William Tolone, Thomas Caldwell, Eddie Glenn. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 106-116) and abstract. Also available in print.
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Healey, Jean B., University of Western Sydney, of Arts Education and Social Sciences College, and School of Education and Early Childhood Studies. "Violence and bullying in schools : new theoretical perspectives and the Macarthur model for comprehensive and customised intervention." THESIS_CAESS_EEC_Healey_J.xml, 2004. http://handle.uws.edu.au:8081/1959.7/755.

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Violence and bullying in schools have become major issues of concern to teachers, students and parents in the new millennium. As evidence mounts of the destructive, pervasive and sometimes lethal impact of these phenomena within the education milieu, it has become apparent that an approach which compromises a pragmatic intervention informed by innovative theoretical perspectives is urgently required. The body of work presented in this portfolio attempts to address this need by presenting a comprehensive model for intervention in violence and bullying in schools. Based upon the findings of a survey of four Sydney metropolitan schools, and drawing upon extant theory and research, a number of important theoretical perspectives were identified. The proposal that violence may be resolved through education is explored and perceptions about contemporary influences, including the impact of exposure to media violence, are challenged. The conceptualisation of peer abuse as a legislated child protection issue is initiated and discussed. The necessity for the development of resiliency as an individual attribute for victims is examined and the function of peers as formal advocates for victims is proposed. In summary, this portfolio presents a body of scholarly, professional work focused on addressing the issues of violence and bullying in schools through new perspectives and a comprehensive model for intervention that can readily be implemented by educators
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Bracy, Nicole L. "Learning locked down evaluating the treatment of students' rights in high security school /." Access to citation, abstract and download form provided by ProQuest Information and Learning Company; downloadable PDF file, 272 p, 2009. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=1818417591&sid=4&Fmt=2&clientId=8331&RQT=309&VName=PQD.

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Rutz-Beynart, Beth. "Archival evaluation of a proactive school wide discipline plan." [Tampa, Fla] : University of South Florida, 2006. http://purl.fcla.edu/usf/dc/et/SFE0001690.

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Miles, Brittney. "Black Girls’ Meaning-Making of School Discipline in Cincinnati." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2021. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1617106372110342.

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Adams, Anthony PC. "An investigation into learner discipline at Silverlea Primary school." Thesis, Cape Technikon, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11838/1654.

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Corporal punishment was abolished in schools in June 1995 (Benson:1995). The suspension was sudden, and the Education Department provided very Little guidance with regard to alternative means of maintaining discipline. Teachers, who for years had the option of resorting to corporal punishment as a final means of instilling and maintaining leaner discipline, now had very little to fall back on to. An upsurge in disciplinary problems seemed to follow the suspension, and many schools struggled to maintain effective learner discipline. As with many other schools, Silverlea Primary School battled to come to grips with learner discipline in the post-corporal punishment era. Educators had little or no training in alternative methods of maintaining discipline, but still had to deal with the same, or worsening, levels of learner discipline. It is because of this perceived erosion of learner discipline that this study was undertaken. It is grounded in the belief that a positive, disciplined ~environment is essential for effective teaching and learning to happen consistently, and moves from the premise that the system of discipline and, to a large extent its effectiveness, is the creation of the staff of that school. This system, though, should operate within a supportive framework of the Department of Education. Discipline impacts strongly on the quality of education offered and received. It also affects the ability of educators to maintain consistently high standards. Although the environment from which the learners come affect their behaviour and discipline, the management of this discipline at school is dependent on the management skills and systems present at the school. Four concepts - effective discipline, curriculum, management styles, and the abolition of corporal punishment - are identified as being central to the study of discipline. They affect the running of the school, and thus the discipline adhered to at the school. This discipline in turn impacts on the educators who have to constantly be dealing with disciplinary problems rather than teaching. A descriptive research method was used
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Nardone, Sara Elizabeth. "HIGH SCHOOL DISCIPLINE POLICIES AND THE TEACHER-STUDENT RELATIONSHIP." Cleveland State University / OhioLINK, 2019. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=csu156700673853885.

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Koehler, Kourtney. "School Based Restorative Justice: Philosophical Alignment and Discipline Outcomes." University of Dayton / OhioLINK, 2020. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=dayton1597091092116773.

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Little, Alexis Patrice. "Voices of the Unheard: Black Girls and School Discipline." The Ohio State University, 2020. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1591121132272033.

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He, Yudan. "Primary school teachers' and parents' discipline strategies in China." Thesis, University of York, 2013. http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/4708/.

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There is no doubt that the personal and social development of children is influenced by the schooling and parenting they receive in their daily lives both at home and at school. One central aspect, which underpins the process of schooling and parenting, is discipline. Discipline is a prevailing theme in educational research, and has been investigated for a long time in many countries throughout the world; however, there is little research reported to date that attempts to involve teachers, parents and pupils at the same time in a single study, either internationally or in the specific context of China. The main aim of the present study, therefore, is to investigate both teachers’ and parents’ discipline strategies in Chinese primary schools and families, with a particular focus on the shift in teachers’ and parents’ discipline strategies when children misbehaved for a second time in classroom or at home, and the difference between teachers and parents in their self-reported use of discipline strategies; and furthermore to explore how teachers and parents view each other’s discipline strategies, as well as pupils’ perceptions of their teachers’ and parents’ discipline strategies. The present study firstly conducted questionnaire research among 148 Chinese primary school teachers and 142 parents of Chinese primary school pupils. It then conducted interviews with 36 Chinese primary school teachers, 34 parents of Chinese primary school pupils, and 60 Chinese primary school pupils. The research findings clearly identified the dominance of non-aggressive discipline strategies among Chinese primary school teachers and parents. The discipline behaviours of both teachers and parents appeared to be affected by the occurrence of children’s misbehaviours. In addition, the personal attributes of teachers and parents (e.g. gender and age), as well as the pupils’ personal attributes (e.g. gender, age and usual behaviour) were also found to be influential for the teachers’ and parents’ choice of discipline behaviour. The interviewed teachers and parents expressed an understanding of most of the discipline behaviours that they reportedly used when pupils misbehaved, although they both expressed worries about the effectiveness of using similar discipline behaviours for dealing with children’s repeated misbehaviours. Interviewed pupils reported receiving more confrontational discipline behaviours than their teachers and parents admitted to using. Moreover, children seemed to believe that boys and girls should be disciplined in the same way at school, as pupils, but in different ways at home, as sons and daughters.
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Balderas, Gustavo. "Objective Versus Subjective Discipline Referrals in a School District." Thesis, University of Oregon, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/1794/18722.

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Seven percent of all students are excluded from school every year across the United States for violating school policies and procedures. Exclusion from school causes a number of problems for students such as higher dropout rates, grade retention, more of a likelihood of not graduating from high school, and a widening of the achievement gap. However, the literature review reveals a lack of exclusion research specific to Hispanic students. Therefore, this research study investigated the level of disciplinary referrals leading to student suspensions during the 2013-2014 school year in a southern California school district of 9223 students with a student demographic composed of 39% free-and-reduced meals, 24% English language learners, and 36% Hispanic. The research study analyzed not just referrals but differences between subjective versus objective referrals for Hispanic and White students. Risk ratio results indicated that Hispanic students were more likely to receive referrals that resulted in suspensions from school at two-and-one-half times the rate compared to their White peers for both subjective (RR = 2.572) and objective (RR = 2.600) referrals. While there was no difference, p = .308, between referrals labeled as subjective versus objective, Hispanic students were significantly more likely to receive objective (p = .017) and subjective (p = .041) disciplinary referrals that resulted in suspensions compared to their White peers. The most significant factors that predicted overall student disciplinary referrals were English language learner status and free and reduced meals. In particular, English language status accounted for 60% of all referrals leading to a student suspension. Oppositely, factors that had the least predicted referral infractions were talented and gifted status, parent education level, and special education status. Results from this study provided school district staff with information that helped to revise district policy and procedures regarding the use of the suspension as an enforcement tool in student discipline, with particular focus on subjective versus objective referrals that could lead to student suspension. Implications of this research are discussed in relation to practice, procedures, and policies.
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Mak, Tak-cheung, and 麥德彰. "A study of teachers' perception of school discipline and management." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1995. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31958126.

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Snodgrass, Ronald E. "School violence policy initiatives : a study of the effectiveness of a zero-tolerance threats policy /." free to MU campus, to others for purchase, 2003. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/mo/fullcit?p3115592.

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Sawyer, Jeffrey T. "Examining student discipline within the educational setting a review of the literature /." Menomonie, WI : University of Wisconsin--Stout, 2005. http://www.uwstout.edu/lib/thesis/2005/2005sawyerj.pdf.

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Harlan, Paula Jean. "Assertive and alternative discipline methods within 33 rural southern Illinois elementary school districts /." View online, 1995. http://repository.eiu.edu/theses/docs/32211998780880.pdf.

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Geddes-Key, Jeanne E. "Coming to be kind the discipline of kindness /." Access to citation, abstract and download form provided by ProQuest Information and Learning Company; downloadable PDF file 0.80 Mb., 166 p, 2006. http://wwwlib.umi.com/dissertations/fullcit?3220743.

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Chávez, Romo María Concepción, Sánchez Aurea Ramos, and Jaramillo Paola Zugey Velázquez. "Analysis of educational strategies to promote coexistance and discipline at pre school level." Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, 2017. http://repositorio.pucp.edu.pe/index/handle/123456789/117342.

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This work describes the strategies built by some teachers at pre school level in Mexico to face, from their perspective, coexistance and discipline challenges in the classroom. Given they variety of strategies mentioned, they were classified in three groups: restraining, pedagogical and of specialized and psycological care.Some of the interviewed teachers state that their systematic use contributes to thereduction of disruptive behaviors or misbehaving events in the classroom; other express uncertainty regarding the results and therefore they look for specializedsuppot. In this contribution, in addition to describing the group of strategies found, we analyze if through these actions it is feasible to support learning processes in which children are capable to moderate their behavior and exercise their freedom responsibly.
Se exponen las estrategias construidas por docentes de educación preescolar deMéxico para afrontar retos de la convivencia y la disciplina en el aula. Las estrategias mencionadas fueron clasificarlas en tres grupos: de contención, pedagógicas, y de atención especializada y psicológica. Algunas de las entrevistadas señalan que su empleo sistemático contribuye a la reducción de conductas disruptivas o eventos de indisciplina en el aula; otras manifiestan incertidumbre frente a los resultados de ahí que recurran al apoyo de especialistas. En esta contribución, además de describir el conjunto de estrategias encontradas, se analiza si mediante estas acciones es factible impulsar procesos de aprendizaje donde los niños y niñas sean capaces de regular su conducta y ejercer su libertad con responsabilidad.
Este artigo discute as estratégias que têm construído alguns professores de nívelpré-escolar no México para enfrentar, a partir de sua perspectiva, os desafios deconvivência e disciplina em sala de aula são expostos. Dada a diversidade deestratégias mencionadas procedeu-se a classificá-los em três grupos: contenção,educacionais e de aconselhamento especializado. Alguns dos entrevistados dizemque a sua utilização sistemática contribui para a redução de comportamentos oueventos de indisciplina em sala de aula causadores de distúrbios; outros expressaram incerteza sobre os resultados, portanto, recorrer a apoio especializado. Nesta contribuição é também examina se essas ações é viável por impulsionar processo de aprendizagem onde as crianças são capazes de regular sua conduta e exercer a sua liberdade de forma responsável.
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Monson, Johnathon D. "The Relationship Between the Employment of School Resource Officers, School Discipline, and School-Based Arrests Variables." UNF Digital Commons, 2019. https://digitalcommons.unf.edu/etd/902.

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The school resource officer (SRO) program is a program developed in the United States with the goal of making schools a safer environment for students across all grades (Cray & Weiler, 2011). To date, the majority of research surrounding SRO programs focuses on recommended characteristics and qualities of SROs, as well as appropriate utilization of SROs (Weiler & Cray, 2011). However, relatively little is known about the effect of increased presence of SRO’s in the school setting. With SRO’s being tasked with disciplinarian roles Barnes (2016), it would be important to look at the effect of SRO’s on school discipline variables such as out-of-school suspension (OSS). With OSS being linked to increased risk for arrest (Theriot, 2009), it would be important to analyze the effect of these variables on each other. Taking it one step further, minority populations are typically disciplined at a higher rate than their white peers (Okonofua & Eberhardt, 2015). The purpose of this study is to examine the increased presence of SRO’s, OSS and minority and their effect on school-based arrest. The results support previous research in finding that OSS and number of SRO’s employed were significant predictors of school-based arrest. However, percentage of minority population was not found to be a predictor of school-based arrest. More research is needed to understand the extent of the relationship between OSS, SRO’s, and school-based arrests and how it might be possible to reduce this connection.
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