著者

太田 和敬

出版者

文教大学

雑誌

人間科学研究 (ISSN:03882152)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.34, pp.11-36, 2013-03-01

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Through re-consideration of disciplinary education and punishment at school is urgently needed in order to resolve the serious problems that Japanese schools are facing such as suicides due to bullying. Although school principals and teachers are granted the right to discipline and punish students in Japan, few schools have clear guidelines on punishment, and principals tend to be hesitant to punish students.Teachers, however, often penalize students for their misbehavior instead of properly instructing them from an educational viewpoint . Such discipline is ineffective at improving their behavior in many cases. In order to provide order in the classroom, punishment for infringing on other pupils' right to learn must be differentiated from out-of-school discipline to guide behavior. In addition, a teacher's right to penalize students should be banned; punishment should be inflicted only with adequate discipline and with the principal's approval in the case of violence and infringement on learning. Even then, it should be carried out according to proper procedures. To help students better understand, they should given the opportunity to learn about laws regarding the right to learn, discipline, and punishment.