Towards the victimless school: Power, professionalism and probity in teaching

Educational Research for Policy and Practice

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 17-31

  McWilliam, Erica ^a,b   Sachs, Judyth ^a,c  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b Department of Education ^*  (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Child abuse; Child protection policy; Professionalism; Risk management; Safe touch; Staff protection policy; Surveillance; Teaching

Indexed keywords

EID: 33644544720     PISSN: 15702081     EISSN: 15731723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10671-004-3928-7     Document Type: Article

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