Corporal punishment: The brutal face of Botswana's authoritarian schools

Educational Review

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 17-26

  Tafa, Elmon M ^a  

^a Tonota College of Education   (Botswana)

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EID: 0036486815     PISSN: 00131911     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00131910120110848     Document Type: Article

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