A Study of Junior High School Teachers’ and Parents’ Implementation Status and Coping Strategies Perspectives of Zero Corporal Punishment Legislation in Kaohsiung

• Main Authors: Yung-Chang Huang, 黃永璋
• Other Authors: Chin-Ting Cheng
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2013
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/75672840936455497382

碩士 === 國立中山大學 === 教育研究所 === 101 === 　　This research aims to discover the opinions of teachers and parents towards the “Zero Corporal Punishment Policy” implemented by the government in Kaohsiung City junior high schools. Via academic research, onsite observations, and questionnaires, this research was also able to find out the various adaptive strategies of teachers and parents when the policy was implemented. Utilizing the method of stratified cluster sampling, the number of teachers sampled was in accordance to the proportion of teachers in the city, so 415 questionnaires from 30 schools were executed i.e. 7.09% of a total of 5849 junior high school teachers altogether in 2011. As for questionnaires from parents, 600 questions were executed. These parents were gathered from 7 junior high schools including the North, Central, and South District of Kaohsiung City, Feng Shan, Qi Shan, and Gang Shan District. Data processing based on averages, standard deviation, t test, single-factor analysis of variance. 　　Research Conclusions: 　　I.　Approximately 30% of junior high school teachers and parents feel that corporal punishment still exists in schools. 65% of teachers do not believe in the notion of corporal punishment. 　　II.　The junior high school teachers generally believe that implementing suitable merit systems encourage students to perform better. Implementing diversified, suitable courses can enhance a positive teaching environment and is one of the most important strategies of “zero corporal punishment”. 　　III.　The Office of Student Affairs needs to increase the number of co-administrators to manage and support student-teachers’ situations while incorporating support from the Police and other societal resources. 　　IV.　Schools need to inculcate the value of respecting teachers among students to encourage positive relationships. Teachers need to spend more efforts and attention on the importance of communicating with their students’ parents. 　　The research recommends the following: 　　I.　The junior high school teachers need to strengthen their professional counseling skills and cultivate positive educating ideals and abolish corporal punishment. 　　II.　The government and the junior high school need to invest more attention and effort in family education, and ensure widespread promotion in the remote regions about zero corporal punishment. The government must also bring together resources from all parties to kick off the zero corporal punishment policy effectively. 　　III.　The junior high school teachers must understand the importance of communicating with their students’ parents and pay more attention to disadvantaged students. This fulfills parents’ expectations towards their children’s teachers and the “Zero Corporal Punishment Policy”.