The Birch was nowhere in evidence. There was only one woman teacher in the whole school. So under this...
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Slightly reformed though. The dreaded Heads corporal punishment occurrences of the 1930s appear to have ended in 1945. (Possibly...
There was or is a Birch Block displayed in the old schoolroom at Harrow School as part of their...
‘With a view to avoiding, as far as possible, the use of corporal punishment in the schools, the Chapter...
DISCIPLINE, INDUSTRIAL SCHOOLS AND ORPHANAGES The British government subsidized the establishment of industrial schools after the 1860s. Religious Orders...
Evidence from Royal Commissions (1857-58, 1870, and 1881) suggests that discipline practices did not change much overall in that...
1851 Manual of School Government also listed offenses that should be severely punished (lying, using obscene words, irreverent conduct...
BROTHERS INCREASING SEVERITY In fact, there was a shift in the Brother’s attitudes to corporal punishment following Rice’s death...
HOWEVER – these boys were from a different social class from those normally taught by the Christian Brothers at...
NINETEENTH-CENTURY SCHOOL DISCIPLINE The 19th-century reality regarding corporal punishment in schools must be considered to place the Brother’s approach...