- Collection:
- Atlanta University and Clark Atlanta University Theses and Dissertations
- Title:
- An analysis of current trends with regard to corporal punishment as a technique for controlling behavior in the Atlanta public school system, 1988
- Creator:
- Crowder, Patrice Anntoinette
- Date of Original:
- 1988-01-01
- Subject:
- Degrees, Academic
Dissertations, Academic - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- theses
dissertations - Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- The purpose of this study was to survey current practices of teachers and their use of corporal punishment as a technique for maintaining discipline in the classroom. The study was further designed to ascertain the general attitudes of teachers about corporal punishment. Data was collected from four Atlanta area school systems in the spring of 1988. The instrument utilized was a Corporal Punishment packet, which contained a general data questionnaire, a corporal punishment opinionnaire, and five case examples. The general data questionnaire was utilized to collect general data on respondents. The corporal punishment opinionnaire was utilized to elicit attitudes towards corporal punishment and the five case examples were used to evaluate what discipline techniques teachers chose if faced with a discipline problem. One hypothesis was tested to determine if there was significance between perceived attitudes and responses to the five case examples. A cross tabulation was done to determine if the scores were significant at the .05 level. There was no significance found between the attitudes and case responses. However, based on the literature, it was revealed that there indeed needs to be a more humanistic approach to the use of corporal punishment in the school system.
Degree type: thesis
Degree name: Master of Social Work (MSW)
Department: School of Social Work
Advisor: Williams, Melvin - Metadata URL:
- http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/cau.td:1988_crowder_patrice_anntoinette.pdf
- Holding Institution:
- Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library
- Rights:
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