Secondly, social concept is also one of the important reasons for the prevalence of corporal punishment. The inertia of China's traditional educational thought that "strict teachers make excellent students" leads to the prevalence of corporal punishment. Many rural parents think that it is understandable for teachers to hit people, just don't hit them too hard. Some students even take it for granted that teachers beat students, and think that "teachers beat you for your own good".
In addition, teachers' lack of legal concept is also one of the reasons why corporal punishment is repeatedly prohibited. In some western countries with developed legal systems, no matter whether teachers, parents or other adults abuse or scold their children, the police or relevant departments will immediately intervene and deal with them according to law. And around us, ordinary corporal punishment is not illegal, let alone a crime. It is generally believed that the teacher did not intentionally hurt, and most corporal punishment did not cause serious consequences.
The real strict teacher is not a "penalty" teacher. A good teacher who really loves education and students will not physically punish students, but will take more effective ways to help them. Psychologists have already proved through experiments that affirmation of students is far more useful than "necessary punishment". Negative or negative reinforcement of students' mistakes is also easier for students to accept and understand than direct punishment. Besides, teachers can't always think that only students are wrong, but they are absolutely right. Many mistakes do not just happen unilaterally.
In addition, it is necessary to punish students appropriately based on the principle of respecting personality. Adults should be punished by public opinion and criminal law when they make mistakes, and children should be punished when they make mistakes. Let him know the consequences of making mistakes and let him know how to live correctly. But the first premise is to respect the child's personality, even if he makes a mistake; The second is to try to replace corporal punishment with appropriate punishment. After all, the purpose is to make him correct his mistakes, not to punish him.
Teachers should reflect on the school's behavior when they punish students.
On the morning of March 9, in the classroom of Class 3, Grade 1, Huli School, the head teacher, Mr. Zhang, put a piece of paper under a student's desk and scolded loudly on the spot, asking the children to pick it up and eat it! President Wu of the school said that the school had made a decision to expel Teacher Zhang and asked her to apologize to her parents. (Xiamen Daily March 13)
Coincidentally, on March 13, Nanfang.com reported that Xiaowen (pseudonym) was a student in Class 4, Grade 2, An Deyu School. On the afternoon of the 9th, in the class of class teacher and math teacher, Xu asked her to take away all the exercise books of 43 students in the class. "I didn't understand the teacher's intention. I don't know whether to accept it in class or after class, so I didn't move. So, the teacher asked me to stand up, raise my hands high, and then lie prone on the desk. Then, the teacher took off my pants and let me walk around the class. " After the incident, the school said that if the situation was true, the teacher would be expelled.
Both xu teacher, who took off his pants in public, and Teacher Zhang, who let his students eat garbage, lost their jobs because of their irrationality. However, whether it is a public school or a private school, can a teacher be dismissed if he makes a mistake? Obviously not. First of all, whether the teacher's mistake conforms to the dismissal of employees in China's Teacher Law, Labor Law and Labor Contract Law; Secondly, it should comply with the relevant procedures. For example, teachers should be reported to the higher authorities for approval and filing, and teachers have the right to appeal to safeguard their legitimate rights and interests.
The two teachers have to say that they have been dismissed. I don't think they are excusable and should not be dismissed, but that the management of teachers in schools is not a kind of corporal punishment. In my opinion, this is the root of teachers' corporal punishment of students. At present, many schools lack democracy in the management of teachers, and the management of teachers mainly depends on administrative management, which is top-down management. Teachers are only required to carry out teaching in accordance with the prescribed teaching content, teaching methods and teaching requirements, ignoring the democracy of teachers in education and school life. Even for the sake of enrollment rate and test scores, schools always force teachers to obey unconditionally, so that the pressure of teachers is nowhere to be released, leading some teachers to even transfer the pressure of teachers from schools to students. When they see students make mistakes, they do everything they can, so corporal punishment of students takes place, which has become a phenomenon that has been repeatedly banned.
When teachers punish students, they should not simply accuse teachers of lack of professional ethics and non-compliance with laws and regulations, but also reflect on school behavior, such as how to manage the campus and whether teacher management is democratic and scientific. Only by solving the problem from the root can we put an end to corporal punishment of students.