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Sindiswa S. Zondo; Vusi S. Mncube – South African Journal of Education, 2024
In the majority of South African schools, maintaining discipline remains a challenge -- a situation which commands the attention of departmental officials both locally and internationally. When negative disciplinary approaches were prohibited in schools in this country, positive disciplinary measures were recommended in the form of a code of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Ethics, Discipline, Student Behavior
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Adigun, Olufemi Timothy; Chonco, D. S.; Kutame, A. P.; Kapueja, I. S. – Interchange: A Quarterly Review of Education, 2022
The abolition of corporal punishment (CP) in South African schools in 1996 has continued to generate heated debates among all concerned stakeholders in the educational sector. While some support the ban of corporal punishment, others have vehemently protested its abolishment. Unfortunately, irrespective of the line of debate, legislative…
Descriptors: Punishment, Discipline Policy, Discipline, Foreign Countries
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Ndlovu, 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
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Makoelle, T. M.; du Plessis, P. – Interchange: A Quarterly Review of Education, 2019
A disciplinary process in respect of educators in South African schools can be a tedious and sometimes a lengthy process. The disciplinary process has sometimes yielded positive results but there is also a concern by school leaders about the effectiveness of this policy, as in some instances results have shown the opposite. Therefore, this study…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Principals, Administrator Attitudes, Teacher Discipline
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Padayachee, Amy Sarah; Gcelu, Ntombizandile – South African Journal of Education, 2022
South African schools are faced with an arguably insurmountable problem as a culture of indiscipline continually increases in schools. Despite being undeterred by the legal framework that guides stakeholders in the discipline crisis in schools, indiscipline in schools has soared to critical levels. Scant literature exists on how stakeholders…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Discipline, Cooperation, Secondary Schools
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Obadire, Olufunmilayo Tenidade; Sinthumule, Dzivhonele Albert – South African Journal of Education, 2021
Learner discipline is one of the bases of effective teaching and learning. If learners are not well disciplined, schools will not provide the best possible education. Therefore, it is important that good disciplinary measures and procedures be put in place in any school. In this article we investigate how learners in schools are currently being…
Descriptors: Discipline, Punishment, Civil Rights, Discipline Policy
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Kurtz, Brianna; Roets, Leon; Biraimah, Karen – Bulgarian Comparative Education Society, 2021
Access to quality education for all children is a common mantra for countless national and world organizations, such as the UN and its Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This paper examines the struggle within two nations who continue to move beyond the impact of racial segregation in the United States (US) and "apartheid" in South…
Descriptors: Equal Education, Comparative Education, Racial Segregation, Social Change
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Segalo, Letlhoyo; Rambuda, Awelani Melvin – South African Journal of Education, 2018
In South Africa, the common law principle of "in loco parentis" entitles teachers, as the guardians in the school environment, to discipline learners. However, in view of new legislation advancing children's rights, it is unclear as to the extent to which teachers can or do enact the "loco parentis" role. This study employed a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Public School Teachers, Discipline Policy, Focus Groups
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Moyo, George; Khewu, Noncedo P. D.; Bayaga, Anass – South African Journal of Education, 2014
The aim of the study was to determine the consistency prevailing between the disciplinary practices in the schools and the principles of the Alternatives-to-Corporal Punishment strategy. The three main research questions that guided the study were to determine (1) How much variance of offences can be explained by disciplinary measures of…
Descriptors: Punishment, Administrative Principles, Administrative Policy, Functional Behavioral Assessment
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Mokula, Lebeloane Lazarus Donald; Lovemore, Nyaumwe – Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education, 2014
The present study narrated the forms, factors and consequences of cheating in university examinations by UNISA Open and Distance learning students from anecdotal data. The results showed that the perpetrators mostly used crib materials on paper, ruler and calculator cover. The factors that influenced examination cheating were gender, age range and…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Open Education, Cheating, College Students
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Coetzee, Susan; Mienie, Cathrine – Perspectives in Education, 2013
South African educators are mandated by international and national law to observe and promote human rights. However, given the realities of the limited teaching time available, educators cannot fulfill this obligation solely by teaching the curriculum. Another avenue needs to be found for educators to fulfill this obligation. Educators are also…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Discipline, Discipline Policy, Functional Behavioral Assessment
Monobe, Ratau John; Baloyi, Khangela – Online Submission, 2012
With the emergence of the Democratic South Africa, a number of disciplinary problems emerged. One of these problems is truancy of school children from schools. The South African Schools Act (1996, p. 6) provides that if a learner who is subject to "compulsory attendance" fails to attend a school, the HODS (heads of departments) may take…
Descriptors: Youth Problems, Truancy, Technical Institutes, Delinquency
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Mestry, Raj; Khumalo, Jan – South African Journal of Education, 2012
The South African Schools Act of 1996 provides that school governing bodies (SGBs) should adopt and assist in the enforcement of a learner code of conduct to maintain discipline effectively. This study focuses on the perceptions and experiences of SGBs in managing discipline in rural secondary schools through the design and enforcement of learner…
Descriptors: Governance, Secondary Schools, Discipline, Discipline Policy
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Payet, Jean-Paul; Franchi, Vije – Childhood: A Global Journal of Child Research, 2008
In contemporary South Africa, the abolition of corporal punishment symbolizes a break with the previous schooling system. A qualitative study in four formerly segregated schools south of Johannesburg showcases different realities and discourses on corporal punishment. The practices vary from its total abolition to its continued maintenance. Most…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Punishment, Childrens Rights, Ethnography
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Oosthuizen, I. J.; Rossouw, J. P. – International Journal of Educational Reform, 2008
The current emergence of a human rights culture in South African educational practice has direct bearing on the approach to learner misconduct in public schools. A variety of landmark court cases are discussed here that deal with, inter alia, the school governing body's right to delegate certain powers, the occasional withdrawal of learners'…
Descriptors: Educational Practices, Court Litigation, Foreign Countries, Student Rights
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