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- Herausgeber: GRIN Verlag
- Sprache: Englisch
Seminar paper from the year 2012 in the subject Psychology - General, University of Dodoma (College of Education), course: Educational Psychology, language: English, abstract: Abstract This paper intends to discuss the issue concerning punishment and learning in the classroom situation especially in Tanzanian context. The paper presents learning theories in relation to punishment, types of punishment, forms of punishment, arguments for the use of punishment in schools, arguments against the use of punishment in schools, impacts of punishment on those inflicted, guidelines for the use of punishment, alternatives to punishment, challenges which face the prohibition of punishment and the recommendations.
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Abstract
This paper intends to discuss the issue concerning punishment and learning in the classroom situation especially in Tanzanian context. The paper presents learning theories in relation to punishment, types of punishment, forms of punishment, arguments for the use of punishment in schools, arguments against the use of punishment in schools, impacts of punishment on those inflicted, guidelines for the use of punishment, alternatives to punishment, challenges which face the prohibition of punishment and the recommendations.Introduction
Schools have regimes of punishment. In fact, it could be argued that systems of punishment are central to the organisation of schooling (Sanderson, 2002). Most aspects of school organisation have been subjected to punishment presumably because it is accepted as 'natural', 'necessary', 'commonsensical' and is seen to be administered with a sense of justice (ibid.). However, it can also structure relationships of power at the same as it is structured by the power relationships of schooling. There is a need for a more critical analysis on the use of punishment in schools.
Punishment is used world-wide in education institutions as a means of controlling undesirable behaviour (Rose, 1984). In some parts of the world it is used extensively and freely, partly because of teachers’ low level of education and partly because there are no legal measures in existence to restrain its use, particularly in the form of corporal punishment (ibid). The use of punishment is a controversial issue, with some psychologists arguing in its favour and others for its banning (ibid). The controversy regarding to the efficacy of punishment for redressing misdeeds in the education system
