Reconceptualising teacher professionalism to address school violence: a quest to end corporal punishment

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dc.contributor.authorMncube, Vusi ; Dube, Bekithemba
dc.date.accessioned2019-10-09T17:14:22Z
dc.date.available2019-10-09T17:14:22Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.description.abstractThe aim of the article is to argue for a need to reconceptualise teacher professionalism as a strategy to mitigate school violence, as manifested with corporal punishment. The article draws data from participatory action research, with a focus on teachers’ use of corporal punishment, despite it being outlawed in South African schools. The study found that a lack of teacher professionalism through corporal punishment is a form of school violence. The implication drawn from the researchers’ findings is that failure to address the lack of teacher professionalism – especially regarding the use of corporal punishment – derails all other attempts to combat violence in schools. It is against this background that the authors propose a reconceptualisation of teacher professionalism to end corporal punishment. The article concludes with the argument that for school violence, teachers need to put an end to corporal punishment and adhere to basic of teacher professionalism. (Author Abstract)en_US
dc.identifier.citationMncube, Vusi ; Dube, Bekithemba. (2019). Reconceptualising teacher professionalism to address school violence: a quest to end corporal punishment. Independent Journal of Teaching and Learning, 14(1), 86-101.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://journals.co.za/content/journal/10520/EJC-16858ab8d9?crawler=true&mimetype=application/pdf  
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11212/4488
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherIndependent Journal of Teaching and Learningen_US
dc.subjectchild abuseen_US
dc.subjectphysical abuseen_US
dc.subjectinterventionen_US
dc.subjectpreventionen_US
dc.subjectprogram evaluationen_US
dc.subjectresearchen_US
dc.subjectInternational Resourcesen_US
dc.subjectSouth Africaen_US
dc.titleReconceptualising teacher professionalism to address school violence: a quest to end corporal punishmenten_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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