Yingxue Han, Xiaobo Fan

（Zhengzhou University School of Education）

Abstract：

Australian school education discipline has gone through three main stages of development and evolution: loose coupling, tight coupling, and flexible coupling, ultimately achieving a new shift from the abolition of "corporal punishment", excessive "zero tolerance", and flexible "positive". According to the latest requirements of the Australian Federal Government's School Discipline Policy in 2007, "positive" educational discipline is a school education method that uses supportive measures to reduce student misconduct and cultivate positive behavior. In the process of practice, Australian schools have formed a distinctive disciplinary model mainly consisting of five measures: graded review based punishment, calm recovery based punishment, multi-dimensional punishment, dynamic escalation based punishment, and appeal relief based punishment. From the three dimensions of positive, cooperative, and ecological aspects of punishment, it presents distinct positive characteristics. Its approach and experience have certain enlightenment and reference significance for the implementation of education punishment in primary and secondary schools in China.

Key Words：

Australia; school; 'positive'; educational punishment; education policy