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A classical approach to the restoration of discipline in South African schools
Koers - Bulletin for Christian Scholarship/Bulletin vir Christelike Wetenskap | Vol 68, No 4 | a348 |
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4102/koers.v68i4.348
| © 2003 I.J. Oosthuizen, J.M. Roux, J.L. van der Walt
| This work is licensed under CC Attribution 4.0
Submitted: 01 August 2003 | Published: 01 August 2003
Submitted: 01 August 2003 | Published: 01 August 2003
About the author(s)
I.J. Oosthuizen, Faculty of Education Sciences, Potchefstroom University for CHE, South AfricaJ.M. Roux, Faculty of Education Sciences, Potchefstroom University for CHE, South Africa
J.L. van der Walt, Faculty of Education Sciences, Potchefstroom University for CHE, South Africa
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As a result of the era of civil disobedience associated with the struggle for freedom and democracy discipline in many schools has deteriorated. The persistent lack of discipline in all South African schools can only be countered by means of a wise application of discipline. Application of “discipline” according to the standard dictionary meanings of the word will, however, not be appropriate since it implies a clamp-down on disruptive behaviour, including punishment, chastisement and retribution. Discipline associated with the paideia ideal of well-educatedness and of the educator as the servant of his learners (paidagogos), though within the context of a reformational perspective of discipline on the other hand, will be more suitable.
Keywords
Classical Approaches To Discipline; Greek Roman And Jewish Views On Discipline; Paideia; Pedagogy
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