Corporal punishment contestations, paradoxes and implications for school leadership: A case study of two South African high schools

South African Journal of Education

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2016, Pages

  Makhasane, Sekitla Daniel ^a   Chikoko, Vitallis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Contestations; Corporal punishment; Culture; Discipline; Imitating; Influence; Leadership; Paradoxes; Rights; Violence

Indexed keywords

EID: 85009760538     PISSN: 02560100     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15700/saje.v36n4a1316     Document Type: Article

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