Not every serious disciplinary offence involved a physical act. Words themselves could bring a pupil into serious trouble. Insolence,...
Fighting appears repeatedly among the offences described in the survey. Yet the word itself covers a wide range of...
Among English recollections, the slipper occupies a curious position. It was corporal punishment, but it did not always possess...
Physical Discipline in British Schools Chapter Fifty-Four England and Scotland: Different Traditions
One of the clearest lessons to emerge from the survey is that the expression “school corporal punishment” covers several...
By this stage of the survey, it becomes clear that corporal punishment cannot be understood merely by examining isolated...
For punishment to deter misconduct, pupils first had to know what conduct was forbidden. Sometimes the rule was explicitly...
One of the arguments in favour of corporal punishment was its supposed deterrent power. Yet deterrence depends upon fear...
School discipline was concerned not only with what pupils did but with whether they admitted doing it. Honesty could...
Most disciplinary punishment was directed towards an individual pupil. Sometimes, however, teachers faced misconduct involving a group or even...
The survey suggests that corporal punishment could be encountered at both primary and secondary level, but its character was...
After examining so many individual recollections, it is useful to consider precisely what conclusions can safely be drawn. The...
A survey of corporal punishment naturally concentrates upon those who received it. Yet this creates an important distortion. The...