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Direct linkNdlovu, Mkhumbulo; Schlebusch, Gawie; Makola, Solomon – Acta Educationis Generalis, 2023
Introduction: Learner indiscipline has emerged as a global cause for concern for educators and parents in the 21st century. This study sought to develop a framework for the successful implementation of positive discipline. The study sought to provide answers revolving around the contributing factors towards learner indiscipline, the effects of…
Descriptors: Program Implementation, Discipline, Discipline Policy, Public Schools
Motseke, Masilonyana – Africa Education Review, 2020
The management of ill-discipline among learners has become a serious challenge for teachers. This article reports on a study conducted to determine how teachers in the primary schools of the Matjhabeng Municipality, Free State, South Africa, manage ill-discipline among learners. A mixed method approach, which comprised a questionnaire and…
Descriptors: Punishment, Discipline Problems, Foreign Countries, Classroom Techniques
Lumadi, Rudzani Israel – Education as Change, 2020
Researchers claim that learner discipline has continued to be a problem in schools since corporal punishment was outlawed in public schools in South Africa. It is evident that teachers have a vital role to play in the improvement of learner discipline in schools. An interpretivist qualitative approach was adopted to investigate learner discipline…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Public Schools, Classroom Techniques, Discipline Problems
Reyneke, Roelf P. – Perspectives in Education, 2015
Behavioural problems are commonly experienced in schools. This contributes to poor academic results and general disciplinary problems, among other things. It is argued that punitive disciplinary methods are aggravating unacceptable behaviours. This paper presents information about the use of punishment, how children react to these measures, and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Behavior Problems, Student Behavior, Discipline
Murris, Karin – Ethics and Education, 2012
Practitioners of education in South Africa (SA) struggle painfully between the extremes of its authoritarian and deeply religious roots that prescribe blind obedience to people in authority and their elders, and the demands of open-mindedness, critical thinking and also solidarity required for democratic citizenship. A particular pedagogy was used…
Descriptors: Punishment, Foreign Countries, Ethical Instruction, Philosophy
Download full textNaong, Matsidiso – South African Journal of Education, 2007
There is a direct correlation between (teacher) morale and (learner) discipline at school. Since the scrapping of corporal punishment, a sense of despair seems to have taken over amongst teachers in South Africa. The findings of this study indicated that more than 65% of teachers, out of a sample population of 80 respondents from schools located…
Descriptors: Punishment, Teacher Morale, Discipline Problems, Student Behavior
