S02 E16 - The Pedagogies of Punishment Project: Morally Legitimate Punishment

Send us a textIn the final episode of our series exploring the use of punishment in schools Dr John Tillson and Laura Oxley discuss how the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child can be used as a framework against which the legitimacy of punishment can be judged. We consider the arguments given for exclusion and other punishments in schools and whether these take into account the interests of the child. Suggestions are given on how to weigh up the rights of one child verses a gro...