Adolescents' Perspectives on School Discipline: Findings From Mixed-Methods Studies in North and South America

• In Event: Diverse Perspectives in Research on Moral Development and Education

Abstract

This paper aims to document high school students’ understandings and judgments of different disciplinary practices, based on quantitative and qualitative analyses of adolescent samples in North America (Canada and the US; N = 88) and South America (Colombia; N = 77). Questionnaires and interviews explored youths’ perspectives on responses to harms between peers at school, including their endorsement of authority involvement, preferred responses to harm, and the reasoning underlying their judgments. Youths generally endorsed teachers’ involvement in helping them navigate peer harm, and their preferred strategies were guided by varied goals and concerns (e.g., victims’ needs, justice, accountability). Intriguing differences emerged across the two samples; implications for future research and practice are discussed.

Authors

• Holly Recchia, Concordia University - Montreal
  Presenting Author

• Laura Pareja Conto, Concordia University - Montreal
  Non-Presenting Author

• Angelica Restrepo
  Non-Presenting Author

• Gabriel M Velez, Marquette University
  Non-Presenting Author

• Cecilia Wainryb
  Non-Presenting Author

• Ana M. Velasquez, Universidad de los Andes
  Non-Presenting Author