Global Interest in Student Behavior (eBook)

An Examination of International Best Practices

Izak Oosthuizen, Charles J. Russo, Charl C. Wolhuter (Autoren)

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2014
140 Seiten
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers (Verlag)
978-1-4758-1481-1 (ISBN)

Infos

A cornerstone for effective teaching and learning is vested in the quality of the way in which students focus on the content of their lessons. The chapters in this book, then, offer cross-national perspectives on best practices when dealing with the challenge of student misconduct. The chapter authors, all distinguished academics and/ or jurists, have contributed their reviews of the state of the law and practice in their nations. As readers peruse the chapters, they will recognize that the way in which educators address student discipline varies around the world.The first book of its kind, this volume consists of a collection of essays designed to enhance a common understanding of the rights of students when they are subjected to discipline. These informative, thought provoking, well-written, and researched chapters, authored by leading academics and/ or jurists in the field, serve as up-to-date and ready sources of information to help keep educational leaders, academics, and students abreast of the many changes in the ever-growing area of comparative student discipline.

Autor

Charles J. Russo, JD, EdD, is the Joseph Panzer Chair in Education in the School of Education and Allied Professions and Adjunct Professor in the School of Law at the University of Dayton, Ohio. The author of more than 900 publications, including fifty-five books, he has spoken and taught extensively on issues in Education Law in the United States and in twenty-six other Nations on all six inhabited continents.Izak Oosthuizen, PhD, served as a professor of education law on the Potchefstroom campus of the North West University (NWU). In 2011 he was appointed as a Research Professor in the Faculty of Education at the NWU Mafikeng campus and in 2014 was named an Extraordinary Professor and Research Specialist there.Charl Wolhuter, DEd, is Comparative and International Education Professor at North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, South Africa.

Inhalt

PrefaceIntroductionIntroductionMisconduct Hampers Teaching and LearningConcern for Student SafetyThe Problem of Criminal TendenciesDealing with MisconductDealing with Serious MisconductThe Global JourneyConclusionChapter 1-School Discipline and the Law in AustraliaIntroductionThe Australian School SystemEducation AdministrationSchool ManagementSchool CouncilsPositive School Discipline and Safe Schools: Guiding PrinciplesScope of Statutory School Discipline StrategiesCorporal PunishmentSchool and Community ServiceDetentionTime-Out StrategiesSuspension, Exclusion and ExpulsionProcedural Matters Relating to Suspension, Exclusion and ExpulsionNoticeHearingsAppealsDuty of Care and Student MisconductDuty of CareBreach of DutyCausationConclusionKey PointsChapter 2-Student Misconduct and School Responses inAotearoa New Zealand: Safety and SensibilityIntroductionStudent DisciplineStudent Misconduct The Right to Education, school safety and responsibilityNew Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990Search and SeizureCase law – Applications for Judicial Review following School DisciplineBehavior ManagementConclusionKey PointsChapter 3-The Changing Shape of Misdemeanor in Singapore SchoolsIntroductionStudent Misconduct in SchoolsThe State of Student Misconduct in Singapore SchoolsThe Most Frequent Forms of Student MisconductCare and Respect for Self and OthersThe Application of Due Process to Disciplinary MethodsMethods for Dealing with Student DisciplineThe Link Between Teachers’ Duty of Care and Student MisconductEmerging IssuesConclusionKey PointsChapter 4-The United Kingdom – Managing Behavior toOptimize Learning because ‘Every Child Matters’IntroductionLegislation Governing discipline in schoolsThe State of Student Misconduct in SchoolsThe Most Frequent Forms of Student MisconductPowers to DisciplineExpulsion and SuspensionThe Application of Due Process to Disciplinary MethodsProcedures on Hearings and AppealsThe Application of Corporal PunishmentThe Link Between Teachers’ Duty of Care and Student MisconductEmerging IssuesConclusionKey PointsChapter 5-Disciplining Students in the United States: An Ongoing ChallengeIntroductionThe American Legal SystemDiscipline GenerallyOut-of-School ConductZero Tolerance PoliciesPunishmentsGenerallyCorporal PunishmentSuspension and ExpulsionDue Process and PunishmentsDue Process HearingsDisciplining Students with DisabilitiesEmerging IssueConclusionKey PointsChapter 6-Reflections and RecommendationsReflectionsRecommendationsConclusion

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 19.12.2014
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Freizeit / Hobby ► Sammeln / Sammlerkataloge
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Pädagogische Psychologie
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Didaktik
• Schlagworte: International education • student discipline
• ISBN-10: 1-4758-1481-X / 147581481X
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4758-1481-1 / 9781475814811