In class today we talked about corporal punishment. So, I thought that I would look into if corporal punishment is effective.
In the last few decades, the problems of larger class size and increased student diversity have led to increases in rebellious and disruptive behavior by students, which seem to indicate that past ways of dealing with bad behavior by teachers has not been effective.
The study on corporal punishment found that students thought a letter to their parents would be a worse punishment than receiving corporal punishment. The students also thought that they should receive a reward for doing well in school. Also, the students thought the punishment they received was about right.
When asked who students most wanted to please with their class work. African Americans (71%) thought that pleasing the teacher was the highest priority, while Caucasians (52%) thought the parent was the highest priority. Girls as a group (54%) choose the teacher as the person they most liked to please with their school work, along with African American girls (81%) choosing the teacher more than any other group.
This study showed that race and sex play a factor in student attitudes about reward and punishment. However, one thing it showed is that students do not think that corporal punishment is very effective.
Casteel, Clifton A, (1997 Apr) Attitudes of African American and Caucasian eighth grade students about praises, rewards, and punishments, Vol 31, Retrieved June 15, 2009 from
http://web.ebscohost.com.mtproxy.lib.umt.edu:3048/ehost/detail?vid=7&hid=103&sid=8b93338a-dbbb-4db2-b710-6d98f9051cfe%40sessionmgr108&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWhvc3QtbGl2ZQ%3d%3d#db=psyh&AN=1997-05195-003
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By spanking a kid the punishment is quick and not so painless but over with fairly quickly. By calling a parent though they have to face their consequences for a longer period of time. So i see why they would prefer to get a swat on the butt as oppsed to a confrontation with mom or dad.
ReplyDeleteSpanking a child is not detremental or harmful to a child, if anything its an embarrassment and may tend to hurt the childs feelings more than anything. Teachers used it as a source of discipline and it seemingly worked; as it does when parents do it. Today's society is so deadset on spanking being considered abuse they forgot the values it brings. Children learn to behave and learn respect. A teacher or parent can't even threaten let alone actually spank their kid because the kid can turn them into authorities for child abuse. There's nothing wrong with a good swat on the butt when a child misbehaves talking doesn't always do the job.
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