The protection of human rights : an analysis of approaches to school discipline

[摘要] ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This is an in-depth investigation of human rights in education as reflected inschool discipline in the Northern Province.In this research, three different schools were selected as the settings for mystudy. This selection of the setting was influenced by the diversity of theschools such as: -the community school, -the township school and the urbanschool. The three schools are not the representative of the schools in theNorthern Province, but they illustrate or reveal if there were patterns in terms ofthe data collected.The methods used for collecting data are the following:Observation, Interview and Documents. A period of time was spent at the threesettings for the purpose of observing the real school environment, interviewingthe research participants (principal, educators, learners/LRC and the parentcomponentof the SGB) and to consult documents especially policies of theschool. The departmental policies were also consulted.The results of the study indicate that most stakeholders (especially in rural andtownship schools) are not yet conversant with human rights in education.Educators and parents regard some human rights provisions in education aserosion of their 'status' in education.

[发布机构] Stellenbosch University