The evidence indicates that schools did not always apply identical disciplinary arrangements to boys and girls. In some establishments...
Corporal punishment did not exist separately from ordinary school life. It occurred between mathematics and geography, during physical education,...
Formal canings naturally occupy a prominent place in recollections of school discipline. They were serious occasions and were therefore...
The evidence in this survey has one unavoidable limitation. Much of it consists of adults remembering events from childhood....
Again and again, the evidence returns to fairness. Former pupils often remember the reason for a punishment more clearly...
Corporal punishment was sometimes intended to influence more than the pupil actually receiving it. A punishment administered before a...
Every disciplinary system eventually encounters the pupil who repeatedly breaks the rules. Corporal punishment was no exception. Some contributors...
We now arrive at the central question of the survey. Did corporal punishment work? At first sight, the answer...
Just as pupils acquired reputations, so did teachers. Within weeks of entering a new school, children generally knew which...
Corporal punishment had a social life of its own. It was discussed in playgrounds, changing rooms, corridors and classrooms....
Corporal punishment was by no means confined to very young children. The survey contains recollections from pupils in their...
One of the clearest findings to emerge from this survey is that there was never one uniform system of...