Schooling as Violence: An Exploratory Overview.

Harber, Clive

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ERIC Number: EJ640444

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 2002

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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.