South African Journal of Education 31(2):175-189 Legal accountability for public school discipline – fact or fiction?
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E-Journal
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ECCE, Foundation, Intermediate
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Publication Year
2011
Publisher
Education Association of South Africa (EASA), Pretoria, South Africa
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[ private ]
Pages
15 p.
Subject
Early childhood education, Primary education, Secondary education, Learners, Teachers, Parents, Caregivers, Accountability, Learner discipline, Safe learning environments, Law, Legislation, South Africa
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Abstract
Educators, learners and parents/caregivers should be held accountable for instilling learner discipline through clear guidelines and limitations to achieve security at public schools. Two previously identified education challenges are sustaining well-disciplined education systems and ensuring that educators are attentive to legal parameters in making decisions and dealing with discipline. This article adds a third challenge: convincing educators, learners and parents/caregivers of their accountability concerning creating/maintaining safe learning environments. Five subordinate legislation documents relevant to legal accountability are scrutinized, as well as relevant case law. The article follows a documentary comparative perspective using a secondary analysis method: appraising legal guidelines and asking questions to draw conclusions and make pragmatic action-oriented suggestions.
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