Corporal Punishment, Religion, and United States Public Schools

• Main Author: Fitz-Gibbon, Jane Hall (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2017.
• Subjects: 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...

Table of Contents:

• 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.