A review of the literature on corporal punishment in The Bahamas, with an emphasis on its use in schools

This review of the literature concerning corporal punishment arising from The Bahamas enables us to identify several strands: (1) corporal punishment is an historically accepted method of controlling children which only recently has been called into question; (2) school teachers have typically seen...

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Main Authors:	William J. Fielding, Virginia Ballance
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	University of the Bahamas 2020-10-01
Series:	International Journal of Bahamian Studies
Subjects:	corporal punishment bahamas educational system classroom management social justice
Online Access:	https://journals.sfu.ca/cob/index.php/files/article/view/353/pdf_78

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spelling	doaj-6a0dcff5c90e498687e460c491e01d622020-11-25T03:43:37ZengUniversity of the BahamasInternational Journal of Bahamian Studies2220-57722020-10-012611313010.15362/ijbs.v25i0.353A review of the literature on corporal punishment in The Bahamas, with an emphasis on its use in schoolsWilliam J. Fielding 0https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5433-9673Virginia Ballance 1https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1067-8205University of The BahamasUniversity of The BahamasThis review of the literature concerning corporal punishment arising from The Bahamas enables us to identify several strands: (1) corporal punishment is an historically accepted method of controlling children which only recently has been called into question; (2) school teachers have typically seen corporal punishment as a useful classroom management tool; (3) there has been unease about its use in schools which has resulted in its regulation; (4) more recently, there has been evidence of the awareness of the long-term negative effects of corporal punishment; and (5) the rise of social media has made corporal punishment and its potential abuses visible to a wider audience. These strands appear to have woven together to move the country in a direction of outlawing corporal punishment, at least in schools.https://journals.sfu.ca/cob/index.php/files/article/view/353/pdf_78corporal punishmentbahamaseducational systemclassroom managementsocial justice
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title	A review of the literature on corporal punishment in The Bahamas, with an emphasis on its use in schools
title_short	A review of the literature on corporal punishment in The Bahamas, with an emphasis on its use in schools
title_full	A review of the literature on corporal punishment in The Bahamas, with an emphasis on its use in schools
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series	International Journal of Bahamian Studies
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description	This review of the literature concerning corporal punishment arising from The Bahamas enables us to identify several strands: (1) corporal punishment is an historically accepted method of controlling children which only recently has been called into question; (2) school teachers have typically seen corporal punishment as a useful classroom management tool; (3) there has been unease about its use in schools which has resulted in its regulation; (4) more recently, there has been evidence of the awareness of the long-term negative effects of corporal punishment; and (5) the rise of social media has made corporal punishment and its potential abuses visible to a wider audience. These strands appear to have woven together to move the country in a direction of outlawing corporal punishment, at least in schools.
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A review of the literature on corporal punishment in The Bahamas, with an emphasis on its use in schools

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