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ERIC Number: EJ640444
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2002
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ISSN: ISSN-0013-1911
Schooling as Violence: An Exploratory Overview.
Harber, Clive
Educational Review, v54 n1 p7-16 Feb 2002
Compulsory mass schooling has its origins in social control, resulting in authoritarianism and violence against students in the form of punishment. Control, power, and authoritarianism are also linked to schools' role in fostering violent behavior among students. (Contains 44 references.) (SK)
Descriptors: Authoritarianism, Compulsory Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Punishment, Social Control, Violence
Publication Type: Information Analyses; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Note: Theme Issue: Schooling as Violence.