Advocating for Mediation as a means of addressing underlying issues with Discipline at Public High Schools in South Africa
| dc.contributor.advisor | Carels, Monique | |
| dc.contributor.author | Tshifularo, Muofhe | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-02-23T13:11:42Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-02-23T13:11:42Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2022 | |
| dc.date.updated | 2023-02-21T07:25:25Z | |
| dc.description.abstract | This paper discusses whether the disciplinary process in public high schools in South Africa achieves the purpose envisioned in the Schools Act. The purpose is to establish a disciplined schooling environment in which learners take responsibility for their behaviour and promote self-discipline. To establish positive discipline. However, according to research, the current disciplinary process has failed to teach learners about responsibility and self-discipline. This paper. through literature review, analyses the challenges in the current laws relating to school discipline. The first challenge is that the current disciplinary proceeding is retributive and adversarial. This is not in line with positive discipline. The second challenge is that suspensions are not in the best interest of the child. Thus, to address these challenges, consideration is given to the inclusion of peer mediation into the high school disciplinary process. Peer mediation has been successfully integrated in New Zealand and the United States and has resulted in an improved sense of responsibility and a positive school environment. Thus, it is argued that integrating peer mediation as a preliminary step in the high school disciplinary process would help teach learners responsibility and self-discipline. | |
| dc.identifier.apacitation | Tshifularo, M. (2022). <i>Advocating for Mediation as a means of addressing underlying issues with Discipline at Public High Schools in South Africa</i>. (). ,Faculty of Law ,Department of Commercial Law. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/37053 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.chicagocitation | Tshifularo, Muofhe. <i>"Advocating for Mediation as a means of addressing underlying issues with Discipline at Public High Schools in South Africa."</i> ., ,Faculty of Law ,Department of Commercial Law, 2022. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/37053 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.citation | Tshifularo, M. 2022. Advocating for Mediation as a means of addressing underlying issues with Discipline at Public High Schools in South Africa. . ,Faculty of Law ,Department of Commercial Law. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/37053 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.ris | TY - Master Thesis AU - Tshifularo, Muofhe AB - This paper discusses whether the disciplinary process in public high schools in South Africa achieves the purpose envisioned in the Schools Act. The purpose is to establish a disciplined schooling environment in which learners take responsibility for their behaviour and promote self-discipline. To establish positive discipline. However, according to research, the current disciplinary process has failed to teach learners about responsibility and self-discipline. This paper. through literature review, analyses the challenges in the current laws relating to school discipline. The first challenge is that the current disciplinary proceeding is retributive and adversarial. This is not in line with positive discipline. The second challenge is that suspensions are not in the best interest of the child. Thus, to address these challenges, consideration is given to the inclusion of peer mediation into the high school disciplinary process. Peer mediation has been successfully integrated in New Zealand and the United States and has resulted in an improved sense of responsibility and a positive school environment. Thus, it is argued that integrating peer mediation as a preliminary step in the high school disciplinary process would help teach learners responsibility and self-discipline. DA - 2022_ DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town KW - Dispute Resolution LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PY - 2022 T1 - Advocating for Mediation as a means of addressing underlying issues with Discipline at Public High Schools in South Africa TI - Advocating for Mediation as a means of addressing underlying issues with Discipline at Public High Schools in South Africa UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/37053 ER - | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/37053 | |
| dc.identifier.vancouvercitation | Tshifularo M. Advocating for Mediation as a means of addressing underlying issues with Discipline at Public High Schools in South Africa. []. ,Faculty of Law ,Department of Commercial Law, 2022 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/37053 | en_ZA |
| dc.language.rfc3066 | eng | |
| dc.publisher.department | Department of Commercial Law | |
| dc.publisher.faculty | Faculty of Law | |
| dc.subject | Dispute Resolution | |
| dc.title | Advocating for Mediation as a means of addressing underlying issues with Discipline at Public High Schools in South Africa | |
| dc.type | Master Thesis | |
| dc.type.qualificationlevel | Masters | |
| dc.type.qualificationlevel | LLM |