Discourses on behaviour : a role for restorative justice? Harold, Victoria L. and Corcoran, Timothy 2013, Discourses on behaviour : a role for restorative justice?, International journal on school disaffection, vol. 10, no. 2, pp. 45-61. Title Discourses on behaviour : a role for restorative justice? Author(s) Harold, Victoria L. Corcoran, Timothy orcid.org/0000-0002-4567-8726 Journal name International journal on school disaffection Volume number 10 Issue number 2 Start page 45 End page 61 Total pages 17 Publisher Trentham Books Ltd. Place of publication Staffordshire, Eng. Publication date 2013 ISSN 1478-8497 1747-9207 Keyword(s) School behaviour discourse restorative justice behaviourism zero tolerance Summary The description and management of difficult behaviour in schools has interested educational practitioners and researchers worldwide, including in the UK. Concerns have been raised about the use and implications of more dominant discourses, namely those of behaviourism and zero tolerance, for understanding student behaviour. This article presents research, conducted in a secondary school in Northern England, exploring restorative justice as an alternative. Transcripts from a series of school staff focus groups and the school behaviour policy were analysed, using critical discourse analysis, in order to address two questions: (1) what are the dominant discourses on behaviour amongst school staff within the school? and (2) what spaces are available for the construction of alternative discourses regarding behaviour and relational action? The analysis confirms the predominance of behaviourist and zero-tolerance discourses and a reliance on individualistic explanations regarding difficult behaviour. However, the presence of a range of discursive resources within the staff focus groups suggests the viable use of an alternative discourse. Language eng Field of Research 130304 Educational Administration, Management and Leadership 1301 Education Systems Socio Economic Objective 930402 School/Institution Community and Environment HERDC Research category C1.1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30086800 Document type: Journal Article Collection: School of Education Related Links Link Description Connect to Elements publication management system Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Versions Version Filter Type Mon, 10 Oct 2016, 15:22:09 EST Tue, 11 Oct 2016, 04:14:33 EST Tue, 11 Oct 2016, 05:15:39 EST Thu, 10 Nov 2016, 13:45:19 EST Thu, 10 Nov 2016, 15:51:15 EST Fri, 11 Nov 2016, 14:30:43 EST Fri, 11 Nov 2016, 14:50:21 EST Mon, 14 Nov 2016, 12:08:11 EST Wed, 16 Nov 2016, 10:54:36 EST Fri, 18 Nov 2016, 12:16:30 EST Thu, 05 Jan 2017, 09:16:40 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 0 times in TR Web of Science Cited 0 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 85 Abstract Views  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Mon, 10 Oct 2016, 15:22:09 EST

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