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In loco parentis, corporal punishment and the moral economy of discipline in English schools, 1945–1986
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Burchell, Andrew (2018) In loco parentis, corporal punishment and the moral economy of discipline in English schools, 1945–1986. Cultural and Social History, 15 (4). pp. 551-570. doi:10.1080/14780038.2018.1518562
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14780038.2018.1518562
Abstract
This article uses debates surrounding teachers’ in loco parentis position to explore the social and cultural responses to school corporal punishment in post-1945 English schools. Analysing materials produced by educators and campaigners, it argues that retentionists conceived of their right to inflict physical chastisement as one based on an imagined and discursive status as a parent. This was challenged by opponents who stressed not only the severity of the practice but sought to directly counter the view that parental rights should be automatically delegated to teachers. Whilst the abolition of corporal punishment was ultimately a consequence of an ECHR ruling, it is suggested that it can also be read as the culmination of a longer shift in the status and forms of parental rights in twentieth-century Britain.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | |||||||||
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| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare L Education > LA History of education |
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Arts > History | |||||||||
| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Corporal punishment -- England, Teachers -- Attitudes -- History, Schools -- History -- England, Parenting -- Social aspects -- England | |||||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Cultural and Social History | |||||||||
| Publisher: | Routledge | |||||||||
| ISSN: | 1478-0038 | |||||||||
| Official Date: | 11 September 2018 | |||||||||
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| Volume: | 15 | |||||||||
| Number: | 4 | |||||||||
| Page Range: | pp. 551-570 | |||||||||
| DOI: | 10.1080/14780038.2018.1518562 | |||||||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | |||||||||
| Publication Status: | Published | |||||||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Open Access | |||||||||
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