ERIC Number: EJ1062381
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2015
Pages: 19
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ISSN: ISSN-1538-8220
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Teachers' Perspectives on Hitting Back in School: Between Inexcusable Violence and Self-Defense
Fleischmann, Amos
Journal of School Violence, v14 n4 p363-381 2015
Israeli schools expressly forbid a student to hit back after being attacked. In semistructured interviews, 71 Israeli educators were asked for their views on the hitting-back tactic. The interviews compared their attitude toward hitting back as teachers with their take on the matter as parents. The results, analyzed using grounded theory, show that most educators would not object if their children hit back in self-defense when attacked but would discipline students who hit back unless they can prove their claim of self-defense. Interviewees are much less inclined to discipline retaliators who do manage to prove self-defense but feel that investigations to verify self-defense under school conditions are impractical. To deter bullies, they say, teachers must declare their readiness to discipline everyone involved; otherwise, bullies will falsely claim self-defense. The discussion explores the implications of role theory on teachers' attitudes.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Violence, Aggression, Student Behavior, Semi Structured Interviews, Teacher Attitudes, Parent Attitudes, Grounded Theory, Victims, Discipline, Bullying, Teacher Role, Parent Role, Elementary School Teachers, Secondary School Teachers, Coping, Responses, Moral Values, Punishment
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education; Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Israel
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