Foucault and School Discipline: Reflections on South Africa

Pitsoe, Victor J.; Letseka, Moeketsi

doi:10.5901/mjss.2014.v5n23p1525

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“…A instituição é agente da violência quando, por meio de atos sutis, produz e reproduz a exclusão social. A violência neste caso é simbólica, sendo exercida por meio do poder disciplinador da instituição (FOUCAULT 1987;PITSOE;LETSEKA 2014). Já as ações como o vandalismo no espaço escolar, agressão aos professores e gestores podem ser entendidas como a escola sendo a vítima da violência, uma vez que é contra ela que se praticam as ações.…”

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Um Passarinho azul me contou: expressões da violência de alunos contra professores

Silva

Sousa

Abadia

2023

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A popularização das novas tecnologias entre os jovens é ambivalente: se, por um lado, permite maior intensidade de comunicação e interação entre as pessoas, por outro, reproduz e cria novas formas de violência. Esteados por um sólido corpo teórico de estudos de violência em ambiente escolar, propomo-nos a explorar a violência cometida por jovens contra os seus professores, utilizando as postagens públicas da rede social Twitter. Desta forma, tencionamos analisar os principais conteúdos de mensagens propagadoras de violência, abrindo caminho para futuros aprofundamentos da teoria pautados em dados empíricos. A coleta dos dados foi realizada por meios eletrônicos e automatizados, e a análise das mensagens foi executada com base na análise de conteúdo, bem como, em princípios da análise das redes sociais. Este artigo não possuiu a pretensão de escrutinar a violência escolar na internet, suas causas e consequências, mas sim, identificar os seus elementos geradores, compreendendo de que modo se manifesta na rede social selecionada, e que hipóteses o seu conteúdo suscita sobre a relação professor/aluno. Desta forma, cotejamos os dados empíricos coletados com as pesquisas sobre a violência na escola e depreendemos que as mensagens violentas no Twitter dirigidas a professores consistem em atos de vinganças dos alunos devido ao não estabelecimento de boas relações em sala de aula e à própria violência implícita no ato educativo.

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Um Passarinho azul me contou: expressões da violência de alunos contra professores

Silva

Sousa

Abadia

2023

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“…Learner indiscipline refers to a learner's conduct that amounts to a breach of rules and regulations resultantly undermining school effectiveness (Masingi, 2017). Discipline problems are a thorny issue not only in South Africa (SA) but globally (Pitsoe & Letseka, 2014). Historically, corporal punishment (hereafter CP) was the most common method of discipline.…”

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“…This system of instilling discipline negated the rights of children, as well as basic human dignity. South Africa entered a new political dispensation in 1994 and thus ushered in a democratic Constitution (1996), which brought about a new dispensation with a new set of values that sought to promote children's rights and therefore heralded the abolishment of CP (Pitsoe & Letseka, 2014). According to the National Education Policy Act (1996), no person shall administer CP or subject a learner to physical or psychological abuse.…”

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A Framework for Implementing Positive Learner Discipline in Public Secondary Schools from the Context of the Mpumalanga Province

Ndlovu,

Schlebusch,

Makola

2023

Acta Educationis Generalis

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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 indiscipline on teaching and learning, educators’ perceptions on positive discipline, factors leading to the ineffective implementation of positive discipline and the constituents of an effective framework for implementing positive discipline. Methods: The study adopted a qualitative approach. Districts were identified utilising convenience sampling, while participants were sampled purposively. Data collection comprised semi-structured interviews and document analysis. Six schools from two districts in the Mpumalanga Province were selected as the study sample. The sample comprised twenty-four participants, including principals, class teachers, Life Orientation teachers, and chairpersons of School Governing Bodies from each school. Thematic content analysis was used to analyse the data and present the findings. Results: The findings revealed that learner indiscipline is affected by several contributing factors such as family situation, community setting, human rights, peer pressure, educators, and learners themselves. Lack of stakeholder engagement, absence of training, overemphasis on learners’ rights and conditioning of educators and parents on corporal punishment are the factors that have led to the ineffective implementation of positive discipline. Discussion:To ensure the implementation of positive discipline is successful, a framework should support a multi-stakeholder consideration to engagement. Ubuntu values should be incorporated in re-packaging the positive discipline toolkit so that it suits the local context. Limitations: Only two education districts in one province of South Africa formed part of the study. Conclusions: Educators are to adopt a revised curriculum that accommodates positive discipline and Ubuntu values in related subjects taught in school. Effective implementation requires regular monitoring, evaluation and reviewing of the positive discipline approach. The study proposed an Afrocentric framework for the implementation of positive discipline.

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Foucault and School Discipline: Reflections on South Africa

Abstract: Discipline in schools, as a thorny issue facing the current South

Cited by 2 publications

References 22 publications

Um Passarinho azul me contou: expressões da violência de alunos contra professores

Um Passarinho azul me contou: expressões da violência de alunos contra professores

A Framework for Implementing Positive Learner Discipline in Public Secondary Schools from the Context of the Mpumalanga Province

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