Graduation Year
2006
Document Type
Dissertation
Degree
Ph.D.
Degree Granting Department
Special Education
Major Professor
James L. Paul, Ph.D.
Keywords
Case study, Disparate discipline practices, Disproportionality, Hypothetical behavioral scenario, Symbolic interactions
Abstract
There are numerous studies that address the issue of discipline practices in schools. Within the last decade there have been an increasing number of scholars and school district personnel who have written about discipline, and more specifically, the discipline of specific populations of students such as African Americans. Although many of these studies address the disparate disciplinary practices that occur in many school districts, little attention is devoted to how students understand these practices in the larger context of their general school experiences. This research intends to fill the void in the literature that utilizes the experiences of students to understand inequitable discipline practices. The primary purpose of this study is to examine a selected group of "at-risk" African American male students' experiences and beliefs about disciplinary practices used in school.
Scholar Commons Citation
Earle, Simon Yohann, "An examination of the experiences of five African American male students with regard to school discipline practices" (2006). USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/etd/2515
