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Vol. 10 No. 3 (2021): Special Issue Gender II

Teachers’ Attitudes towards Student Caning: Do Differences in Socio-demographic Characteristics Really Matter?

https://doi.org/10.56279/jhss.v10i3.87
Mabula Nkuba

Corresponding Author(s) : Mabula Nkuba

mabula.nkuba@duce.ac.tz

Journal of Humanities & Social Science (JHSS), Vol. 10 No. 3 (2021): Special Issue Gender II

Abstract

Research findings from low-income and high-income countries indicate that teachers’ use
of violent discipline is prevalent. However, studies that explore teachers’ attitudes towards
violence and its association to their socio-demographic characteristics are lacking. This
paper assessed teachers’ attitudes towards student caning and the associated teachers’
socio-demographic characteristics. The data were drawn from four schools in two regions
using a case study design. Considering the total number of participants, 72 teachers (53%
females; average age: 32.47 years, SD = 6.64, range: 22–59 years) participated in this study.
Of the 72 teachers, their qualification ranged from postgraduate degree (2.8%), bachelor’s
degree (74%), two year diploma in education (21%), and others (2.8%). Furthermore, 54% (n
= 39) of the teachers were from rural school settings. The findings indicate that teachers
in the study have positive attitudes towards student caning. However, their differences in
socio-demographic characteristics did not show any difference in their attitudes towards
student caning. This implies that other factors such as culture and parenting orientations
might be responsible for the reported attitude. Hence, interventions on attitude change are
recommended to reverse the current teachers’ positive attitudes towards caning as a means
of discipline management in schools.

Keywords

caning, student, teacher, attitude, violence
Teachers’ Attitudes towards Student Caning: Do Differences in Socio-demographic Characteristics Really Matter?. (2021). Journal of Humanities & Social Science (JHSS), 10(3). https://doi.org/10.56279/jhss.v10i3.87
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