On the Educational Punishment Boundary of Maintaining Students' Dignity

Abstract

In recent years, educational punishment has become a buzzword. While discussing the positive role of educational punishment, we must adhere to its boundaries. Otherwise, it may be distorted and turned into its opposite. Specifically, the author believes that if educational punishment is to take the full dignity of students as its boundary and limit, then—it should delineate its principle boundary based on "human as an end," upholding students' "legislative dignity"; it should delineate its choice boundary by viewing students as students, aligning with their "abilities," and upholding their "will dignity"; and it should delineate its execution boundary by safeguarding fairness in school life, providing universal equality and individualized care, and upholding students' "achievement dignity."