Is it responsible to exclude children from education as a means of dicipline?

Answer 1

Only if they are a danger to others or in very exceptional situations... on the whole, it is better to use other strategies for dicipline and keep the child in the class where they can learn.

Answer 2

If you exclude children then that child has few chances of getting a good education, well paid job and being a productive member of society. They are more likely to be involved in criminal activity and the cost of keeping them in jail is high. So in those terms it is irresponsible

but if the student is excluded because they are violent towards other then it s irresponsible to put the safety of other students at risk, if they are disruptive the rights of other students to a good education are violated

It is not the best system on an individual level but when you consider all students in a school then it is probably a necessary evil.

Answer 3

It is not responsible but often it is the only alternative. When the learning of others is constantly disrupted by one child or a small group of children it is not fair on the majority. My own experience is that rarely is any exclusion useful as it is seen as a few days off by the student. The only time an exclusion serves a purpose is when it exceeds limit set by the government and then a governor's review must take place. The review process invites the participation of parents/carers/outside agencies and then sometimes an appropriate action plan can be put into place. Schools hands are tied in any kind of punishment that they can choose to deliver and without the funding of specialist staff the exclusion process just leads to the undermining of the dissaffected student's ability to engage in learning

Answer 4

I am assuming that you are in America.
Education should be viewed as a privilege. In other countries, children are lucky to have a school to attend, may not be able to attend at all if they are female, and are usually kicked out at a certain age if they are not as smart as the other students. That being said, I think that children who cannot follow the guidelines and expectations of school should be excluded. Many parents want the state to bear the responsibility of educating their children but they want to decide the rules the child must follow.
If parents would understand that THEY are responsible for their children and should be grateful that the US offers free education, maybe things here would change.

Answer 5

I'm going to bet that the majority of people who have answered this have never taught or worked in a school or had a child come home and complain about students out of control behavior. If you had, you wouldn't think that way.

In some cases, removing a child from school is for the safety of other children. Because of economics, most schools do not have the luxury of alternatives like in-school suspension.

I teach in the inner city. The students are frequently violent. Do you really think I, or the rest of the students, should have to put up with a student throwing chairs, beating up other students, bringing weapons to school, biting, kicking, scratching a teacher or other students, destroying the schools, teachers or other students property, disrupting class by yelling out in class, singing, cursing, fighting and knocking over bookshelves, desks, and carts with materials? I could go on and on.

In the elementary school where I teach, parents are permitted to come to school and pick up missed work for the children to complete but they never do. As an alternative to missing school, if the suspension is for more than 7 days, they have the option to attend an alternative school but the parents seldom take them.

If parents would make the suspension unpleasant for the students, they wouldn't want to be suspended. Instead, I have students return to school and they have gotten their hair done, been shopping for new clothes, etc. What message does that send the child?

One of the reasons to suspend a child is to make it inconvenient for the parent. That way, they will work to ensure their child behaves at school so they don't have to be suspended. I can assure you, my kids know what would happen if they ever got suspended, and they would not like it. So it has never happened.

I think a better question is: Is it responsible to allow children to behave in such a manner that other children can not learn?

Answer 6

well if you think about it, excluding kids from education as a arent or teacher, means that the child will have less education and lower chance of getting a good job in the future.

also, if your going to exclude them for a few days as punishment, imagine you are the kids. Youll be thinking - uho, the teachers anoyed with me - then- oh, thats strange im being rewarded for being naughty with time off school. I better keep being naughty so i get more free time.

Its just hastle with the parents and everything aswell. Try making them do more work like giving them a detention instead. ok? :¬)

Answer 7

My initial thoughts (as a parent) is that if a school thinks a child should NOT be in school ie disruptive/aggressive, I would NOT want them in my sons class, schools have responsibilities to others in the class/school.
But when you think about it, HOW is it a form of discipline / punishment? The kids I know (I'm a primary teacher) who have been excluded from secondary have REVELLED in it, and it just boosts their 'standing' with the others. I know it is meant to inconvenience parents, but rather than have the kids off school, why not insist a PARENT has to do something ie sit in class with child, attend regular courses. It might make irresponsible parents take notice of their kids.
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Answer 8

a child who is out of control and a danger or distraction to learners, should be excluded from a classroom setting and the parent responsible for making up the work missed
other children cannot learn when a classmate's behavior threatens their safety or upsets the tone of the classroom
the needs of the many over the needs of one

Answer 9

For some students a short term exclusion - or a removal from timetabled classes works. Generally pupils do not like to be excluded from their classes or their peers. This is what makes this a useful - but last resort - punishment. I work in a very successful school in London and we do use exclusions but rarely, instead we prefer to remove the student from their timetabled classes for a short period of reflection time. They sit in with another class or in a separate area but the key thing is they are not with their friends. I have seen this work time after time for reforming poor behaviour.

Answer 10

Is it responsible to the other children in the class to allow that disruptive student to spoil their chances of getting the education they deserve? You cannot physically punish the child, you can put them on detention only so often