Corporal Punishment, Religion, and United States Public Schools

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Fitz-Gibbon, Jane Hall (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2017.
• Θέματα: Education.; Ethics.; Education > Philosophy.; Church and education.; Religion and Education.; Schools and Schooling.; Educational Philosophy.; Early Childhood Education.

This book examines corporal punishment in United States public schools. The practice—which is still legal in nineteen states—affects approximately a quarter million children each year. Justification for the use of physical punishment is often based on religious texts. Rather than simply disregarding...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• 1. Corporal Punishment in Public Schools: What are the Issues?
• 2. Data and Legal Issues
• 3. Religion, Education Pioneers, and Corporal Punishment
• 4. Corporal Punishment and the use of Sacred Texts
• 5. The Theological Tradition of Nonviolence
• 6. The Ethical Position of No Harm.