School sin bin system
- Title
- School sin bin system
- Genre
- News report
- TX Date
- 23 Jan 1979
- Year of production
- 1979
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- Duration
- 00:01:30
- Description
- John Perkins reports on a dramatic increase in the number of educational special units since 1974. The so-called sanctuaries or sin bins are used to tackle disciplinary problems within schools and have been praised by school inspectors, however teachers have criticised the practice.
- Contributors
- John Perkins
- Keywords
- Reports; Education; Teaching; Truancy; School discipline; Schools; Schoolchildren; Educational statistics; Teaching methods
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