An Introductory Handbook for Promoting Positive Discipline in Schools for Quality Education

Abstract

Who Is This Handbook For? This handbook is for anyone involved in designing or delivering education within Ugandan schools, including headteachers, teachers, school governing committees, students, parents, public officials implementing education policy and anyone who wants to get involved in creating safer schools. This handbook will guide you in thinking about alternatives to corporal punishment and how to put these alternatives into practice at the schools in your community. Using This Handbook 1. Read this handbook once to familiarise yourself with the concepts. 2. Read this handbook a second time while considering the following questions: What do you think about the ideas being proposed? How do they compare with your experience of education? Would these ideas help create better schools? If so, how could you act on these ideas at your school? Make notes in the margins or in a separate notebook as you think of the answers to these questions. 3. Gather a small group of friends or colleagues and discuss the ideas in each chapter. 4. Ask the teachers in your school to read a different chapter of this handbook each week and to discuss it at their weekly staff meetings, paying particular attention to how the ideas could strengthen the school's discipline practices. 5. Engage teachers and other school members in developing a written plan for how these ideas could be implemented to replace or strengthen existing disciplinary practices. 6. Share this plan with key stakeholders. 7. Put the plan into ACTION!