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- Title
FROM THE ERADICATION OF TOLERANCE TO THE RESTORATION OF SCHOOL COMMUNITY: EXPLORING RESTORATIVE PRACTICES AS A REFORM FRAMEWORK FOR ETHICAL SCHOOL DISCIPLINE.
- Authors
Buckmaster, Daniel
- Abstract
This article addresses a conflict that exists in many schools' discipline philosophies regarding exclusionary practices. School administrators are commissioned to, above all else, consider the safety and physical well-being of the child. This mindset might compel a leader to adopt a zero tolerance stance with students who engage in activities that threaten (or potentially threaten) this fundamental ideal. Removing such students from the school community has become common practice for many administrators. Does the removal of these students make the school safer? Are current policies interrupting the moral formation of students, and thus actually making our schools less safe? The impact that exclusionary practices can have on the community might warrant a significant reform of this common practice. Restorative practices may give an ethical alternative to exclusionary discipline. A framework is presented and discussed for such a reform. The problem of implementation of restorative practices is explained and an argument is made for further research to explore theories on this topic.
- Subjects
SCHOOL administrators; TOLERATION; RESTORATIVE school discipline; SCHOOL safety; EDUCATIONAL change
- Publication
Values & Ethics in Educational Administration, 2016, Vol 12, Issue 3, p1
- ISSN
1703-5759
- Publication type
Article