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In 2013 the Queensland Parliament passed the 'Education (Strengthening Discipline in State Schools) Amendment Act.' This legislation significantly increased the powers state school principals had to discipline students. This paper explores the way members of parliament discussed discipline when justifying this legislation.
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This legislation was passed despite evidence suggesting that the problem it sought to address – a perceived crisis of school discipline – did not exist. This article explains how this decision was justified by parliamentary decision-makers.
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This page is a summary of: Strengthening discipline in state schools: constructions of discipline in a public policy moment, Discourse Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education, December 2016, Taylor & Francis,
DOI: 10.1080/01596306.2016.1274882.
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