VPRS 20506 Register of Corporal Punishment

This series comprises a Register of Corporal Punishment, maintained by Mount Clear Primary School (School No. 427) (VA 5495). The Register of Corporal Punishment was a standardised register used in Victorian government schools from the early 20th century until at least the 1960s. Each school filled in their name and school number on the front cover of the register. Inside the front cover of the bound volume is a list of eight regulations relating to the implementation of corporal punishment in schools, including who may be authorised to deliver such punishment, what type of punishment is permitted, and the circumstances when corporal punishment may be applied. The Head Teacher of the school was held responsible for the nature and extent of the punishment inflicted, and only the Head Teacher or those they authorised were permitted to inflict this punishment. Accordingly, the first few pages of the book are titled ‘Names of Teachers Authorized to Inflict Corporal Punishment’. In columns below are spaces for the Head Teacher to fill out the name and date of the teachers authorised. The rest of the volume is made up of perforated pages that were used to record the circumstances of individual punishments. Each page contains columns for the teacher to fill out the student’s details (full name, age, and grade), the date, the offence committed, the nature and extent of the punishment inflicted, and the initials of the teacher inflicting the punishment. Entries for each year were to be filled out on a separate leaf. According to the instructions listed inside the front cover of the register, these pages were to be kept in the Register for just two years before being removed and destroyed. As such, much of this register is filled with blank pages. Where entries do remain, the level of detail recorded varies. Corporal punishment was banned in Victorian state schools in 1983, though many schools had abolished the practice long before then.本数据集包含由芒特克利尔小学（第427号学校，档案编号VA 5495）保管维护的体罚登记册（Register of Corporal Punishment）。该体罚登记册是维多利亚州公立学校自20世纪初直至至少1960年代都在使用的标准化登记表单。 所有学校均需在登记册封面上填写本校名称与学校编号。该合订本的内封页印有八条与学校体罚实施相关的管理规定，内容涵盖体罚的实施主体、允许使用的体罚类型以及可实施体罚的具体情形。 学校校长需对体罚的性质与实施程度承担责任，且仅校长或其授权的人员方可实施体罚。因此，该登记册的前几页标题为“有权实施体罚的教师名单”，下方的表格栏位供校长填写授权教师的姓名与授权日期。 登记册其余部分均为带孔活页，用于记录每一次体罚的具体情况。每页均设有表格栏位，供记录教师填写学生的完整信息（姓名、年龄与年级）、体罚实施日期、学生违纪行为、体罚的性质与实施程度，以及实施体罚教师的姓名首字母。 每一年的体罚记录需单独使用一页。依据登记册内封页的说明要求，此类记录页面仅需在登记册中留存两年，随后需取出销毁。因此，该登记册内存有大量空白页面。现存记录的详实程度各有不同。 维多利亚州公立学校于1983年正式禁止体罚，尽管多数校方在此前早已废止了该做法。