Submitted in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree MASTER OF EDUCATION in the Department of Educational Psychology and Special Education of the Faculty of Education at the University of Zululand, 2006. / The aim of this study was to pursue an investigation into educators' perceptions of discipline in senior primary schools. From the literature study it became clear that discipline cannot be considered as an object or event in itself but that it has to be seen in terms of factors in and outside the school, and that its maintenance is essentia! for overall class control, without which effective learning is impossible. One of the prerequisites for all children is that they should learn how to behave at home, in school and in the community. Children have to adhere to the family's and the school's codes of conduct. This study has found, however, that discipline remains the most significant problem in senior primary schools, as many schools experience a break¬down of discipline resulting in disruptive behaviour in the classroom. A code of conduct for learners contains school and classroom rules which regulate the day to-day relationship between educators and learners. The adoption of a code of conduct and the effective implementation thereof is the responsibility of the school governing body. It should be reviewed annually by the stakeholders and any amendments should be agreed upon by ail the members. For the purpose of the empirical investigation a self-structured questionnaire, to be completed by educators, was utilised. The completed questionnaires were analysed using descriptive statistics. In conclusion a summary was presented on the findings of the literature and empirical study and the following are some of the recommendations that were made: Good behaviour must be inculcated in learners by means of positive and constructive discipline. A code of conduct for learners must be enforced to regulate the learners' behaviour.

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My goal with this inquiry was to seek the meaning of teaching nursing from within the discipline, aligning pedagogy with what it means to become a nurse in addition to revealing what nursing is as an embodied practice and how it should be taught. I utilized Max van Manen’s hermeneutic phenomenological human science research approach as the methodology for the analysis of this research. Five registered nurse educators with more than ten years’ experience teaching undergraduate and/or graduate students, dedicated to the notion that there is a disciplinary perspective that supports nursing research, education, and practice, and who have engaged in philosophical reflection of nursing’s disciplinary perspective participated in the study. Relationality, becoming, and trusting were foundational concepts underpinning teaching practice as revealed within the lived experience of these nurse educators. Relationality was manifest as an embodied exchange within the dynamic and emergent nature of experience with oneself, with another, and with knowledge itself. Becoming was revealed through the lens of a process orientation. Articulating learning nursing through a process of becoming means fostering learning through embracing paradoxical and dialectical thinking and supporting students to engage in learning nursing as a process of navigating complexity, uncertainty, indeterminacy, difference, and paradox that characterize nursing practice. Participants shared that the invisible nature of a process orientation requires trusting learning as an ever-renewing relational process. The meaning of teaching nursing was revealed as a complex emergent discipline. / Graduate

Thesis (Ed.D.)--Boston University.

Student achievement is one of the most important aspects of school life. With the rise in current standards and the pace to which teachers and students are expected to conduct their lessons, teachers must find ways to improve student behaviors by nonpunitive discipline techniques. Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports (PBIS) is a form of classroom management that focuses on the good behavior rather than the bad behavior. A rural school in Mississippi took on such an initiative by implementing PBIS as a schoolwide discipline management plan after the 2011-2012 school year. The purpose of the study was to determine the effect of the implementation of PBIS on the number of discipline referrals and conduct trend analysis of the number of discipline referrals after the schoolwide implementation of PBIS. Further, the study sought to determine if there were statistically significant relationships between the number of discipline referrals and English language arts score and the number of discipline referrals and mathematics scores. An existing database from a rural school in Mississippi was compiled and analyzed for the purpose of the study. Data were analyzed for a year before PBIS implementation and seven years following PBIS implementation. The findings of the study indicated there was a statistically significant difference in the number of discipline referrals before PBIS implementation when compared to the first year following full implementation. The trend data indicated that Black males consistently had the highest number of discipline referrals and had the lowest test scores in ELA and mathematics. Further, the findings showed there were consistently negative relationships among the number of discipline referrals and ELA scores and the number of discipline referrals and mathematics scores.

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梁建新. / "提交日期一九九八年十二月". / 論文(哲學碩士)--香港中文大學, 1999. / 參考文獻 (leaves 121-124). / 附中英文摘要. / "Ti yi jiu jiu ba nian shi er yue". / Liang Jianxin. / Lun wen (zhe xue shuo shi)--Xianggang Zhong wen da xue, 1999. / Can kao wen xian (leaves 121-124). / Fu Zhong Ying wen zhai yao. / Chapter 第一章： --- 問題闡述 / Chapter (一) --- 前言 --- p.1 / Chapter (二) --- 硏究的背景 --- p.1 / Chapter (三) --- 硏究問題 --- p.8 / Chapter 第二章： --- 理論背景 / Chapter (一) --- 「權力」硏究的發展槪況 --- p.9 / Chapter (二) --- 傅柯對「權力」、「懲罰」和「監督技術」的詮釋 --- p.14 / Chapter -1 --- 權力 --- p.14 / Chapter -2 --- 懲罰 --- p.17 / Chapter -3 --- 監督技術 --- p.22 / Chapter 第三章： --- 硏究設計 / Chapter (一) --- 硏究意義 --- p.26 / Chapter (二) --- 硏究目的和具體硏究問題 --- p.26 / Chapter (三) --- 硏究對象 --- p.27 / Chapter (四) --- 硏究方法 --- p.27 / Chapter (五) --- 硏究限制 --- p.31 / Chapter 第四章： --- 學校的訓導工作一學校權力架構的重要範疇 / Chapter (一) --- 前言 --- p.32 / Chapter (二) --- 訓導工作之精神及目標 --- p.32 / Chapter (三) --- 訓導工作的簡述 --- p.33 / Chapter (四) --- 小結 --- p.49 / Chapter 第五章： --- 飾儀表-學校權力關係的區分系統 / Chapter (一) --- 前言 --- p.51 / Chapter (二) --- 學校的權力行使者和權力行使對象 --- p.51 / Chapter (三) --- 最具體、最明顯的區分工具一校服 --- p.54 / Chapter (四) --- 小結 --- p.57 / Chapter 第六章： --- 學校的訓導工作與權力關係的建構過程（一） / Chapter (一) --- 前言 --- p.59 / Chapter (二) --- 學校的權力關係是透過控制環境結構建構而成的 --- p.59 / Chapter (三) --- 學校的權力關係是透過執行巨細無遺、無微不至的監察行動 建構而成的 --- p.66 / Chapter (四) --- 小結 --- p.76 / Chapter 第七章： --- 學校的訓導工作與權力關係的建構過程（二） / Chapter (一) --- 前言 --- p.78 / Chapter (二) --- 學校的權力關係是透過發現個案、深入調查、懲罰違規者 和形式的懺悔這一個不斷循環再生的流程建構而成的 --- p.78 / Chapter (三) --- 小結 --- p.91 / Chapter 第八章： --- 推展學校訓導工作的目的一 一體化意識形態的建立 / Chapter (一) --- 前言 --- p.93 / Chapter (二) --- 實行層級監視與嚴厲懲罰的時代背景 --- p.94 / Chapter (三) --- 教師的「規範化」 --- p.97 / Chapter (四) --- 一體化意識形態的建立 --- p.102 / Chapter (五) --- 小結 --- p.105 / Chapter 第九章： --- 總結 / Chapter (一) --- 「學校權力關係」的詮釋 --- p.107 / Chapter (二) --- 對「權力」硏究的回應 --- p.110 / Chapter (三) --- 學校訓導工作的反思 --- p.112 / Chapter (四) --- 對「硏究歷程」的一些體會 --- p.114 / Chapter (五) --- 結語 --- p.116 / 附錄 --- p.118 / 參考書目 --- p.121

Concerns over skyrocketing school disciplinary rates have driven the search for alternative methods to address disruptive student behavior. Restorative disciplinary practices are a promising option for our nation's schools. This investigation explores the willingness of educators to adopt restorative discipline by analyzing survey data from the Northwest Justice Forum Pre-Training on Restorative Justice in Schools. Data analysis was conducted using the Theory of Planned Behavior as a model for understanding and predicting future behavior--in this instance, willingness to be contacted for more information or willingness to participate in a future study. A concurrent review of the participant's school disciplinary policies demonstrated how participant views are reflected in practice. The analysis suggested that the respondent's attitude significantly predicted intention, and both attitude and intention predicted behavior. Furthermore, the policy review confirmed that restorative discipline is largely absent and cautioned that there may be misconceptions about its use.