Recipients of the above mailing and their responsesNovember 1998Dear [Education department head]
We assume you are aware that corporal punishment is legal and widely used in the school systems of your state. The practice generally involves forcefully striking a student's buttocks with a flat wooden board. This is done as punishment for some infraction, or perceived infraction, of school rules. The intention is to instill fear in the school population and thus to bring about general compliance with school rules.
As for the individual recipient, the experience of being corporally punished usually involves terror in anticipation ofimpact, pain upon impact, soreness, bruising or contusions following impact, and an indeterminate, but likely deleterious, psychological outcome. These consequences vary from case to case and range from slight to serious. Effects are impossible to predict before the fact and difficult to assess after the fact. But the great dangers inherent in corporal punishment are obvious and unarguable. It is our concern about those dangers that has prompted this letter.
Can you tell us if candidates for teaching certification at your institution receive instruction in the use of corporal punishment? If so, can you tell us the title of the course that covers this area and the authors of course materials that establish the standard? Are you confident that your graduates are adequately trained and tested so that they meet that standard?
We are writing to a number of your counterparts in other teacher training institutions in paddling states and asking them the same questions as above. We intend to share responses to this query with our membership and may publish them, or an analysis of them, on our Web site.
Thank you for your kind participation.
Sincerely,
Jordan Riak,
Executive Director
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Dr. William Borgers, Dean, College of Education, Houston Baptist University, Texas
Dr. Manuel J. Justiz, Dean, College of Education, University of Texas at Austin
Dr. Larry Hovey, Interim Dean, College of Education, Texas Tech University Dr. James Hademenos, Head, Department of Education, Angelo State University, Texas Dr. Jean M. Keller, Dean, College of Education, University of North Texas, Denton Dr. Robert J. Yinger, Dean School of Education, Baylor University, Texas Dr. John White, Chair, Department of Teacher Education, Austin College, Texas Dr. Sandra Doering, Dean, School of Education, Concordia University, Texas Dr. Donald Alford, Chair, Department of Education, East Texas Baptist University Dr. Jim Hunt, Chair, Department of Education, Southwestern University, Texas Dr. Steve Johnson, Chairman, Department of Education, St. Mary's University, Texas Dr. Chet Sample, Dean of Teacher Education, Department of Education, Sul-Ross State University-Alpine, Texas Dr. Joe Gillespie, Dean, College of Education and Fine Art, Tarleton State University, Texas Dr. Jane Close Conoley, Dean, College of Education, Texas A&M University Dr. Thomas Franks, Dean, College of Education, Stephen F. Austin State University, Texas Dr. Rosa Maria R. Vida, Dean College of Education, Texas A&M International University, Texas Dr. Jerry B. Hutton, Interim Dean, College of Education,Texas A&M University-Commerce, Texas Dr. John H. Moore III, Chair, Department of Education, Trinity University, Texas Dr. James Klassen, Chair, Education Department, University of Dallas, Texas Dr. Dennis W. Spuck, Dean, School of Education, University, University of Houston-Clear Lake, Texas Dr. Cheryl Hines, Chair, Division of Education, University of Houston-Victoria, Texas Dr. Paul W. Kellerhals, Director, Teacher Education, University of Central Texas Dr. Allen Warner, Dean College of Education, University of Houston, Texas Dr. Barbara Erwin, Chair, School of Education, University of Houston-Downtown, Texas Dr. Clarence Ham, Dean, School of Education, University of Mary Hardin-Baylor, Texas Dr. Anna DeWald, Dean, School of Education, University of St. Thomas, Texas Dr. Fleniken, Dean, School of Education, Arkansas Tech University Sherry Wilson, Chair, Division of Education, University of the Ozarks, Arkansas Harold Robertson, Professor of Education, Department of Education, Hendrix College, Arkansas Richard L. Andrews, Dean, College of Education, University of Missouri-Columbia Viola Flores, Dean, College of Education, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque Donald Stedman, Dean Emeritus, School of Education, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Roderick J. McDavis, Dean, College of Education, University of Florida, Gainesville |
Dr. Frank Smith, Dean, School of Education, St. Edwards University, Texas
Dr. Elmer J. Ireton, Chair, Department of Education, Sul Ross State University-Uvalde, Texas Dr. Michael Rosato, Dean, College of Education, Dallas Baptist University, Texas Dr. Terry Northup, Dean, School of Education, McMurry University, Texas Dr. Charles Ksir, Ph.D., Dean, University of Wyoming, College of Education, Laramie, Wyoming Dr. Peter J. Gilman, Dean, School of Education, Hardin-Simmons University, Texas Dr. Robert Peters, Dean School of Education, Howard Payne University, Texas Dr. Willie Barnes, Chair, Division of Education, Jarvis Christian College, Texas Dr. Sharon Feaster, Chair, Department of Education, LaTourneau University, Texas Dr. Judith Loredo, Chair, Division of Education, Houston-Tillotson College, Texas Dr. Robert Cox, Dean College of Education, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi, Texas Dr. Charles Mazer, Interim Division Head, Department of Education, Texas A&M University-Texarkana, Texas Dr. Herbert Coleman, Chair, Division of Humanities and Education, Texas College, Texas Dr. Willaim Nealy, Dean, College of Education, Texas Southern University, Texas Dr. Allen Henderson, Dean, School of Education, Texas Wesleyan University, Texas Dr. Gustavo Gonzalez, Interim Dean, College of Education, Texas A&M University-Kingsville, Texas Dr. Douglas Simpson, Dean, School of Education, Texas Christian University Dr. Nancy Burris, Chair, Department of Education, Texas Lutherin College Dr. Michael Wiebe, Dean, College of Education and Human Ecology, Texas Women's University Dr. Chris Borman, Director, Division of Education, University of Texas-San Antonio Dr. Willard Platzer, Chair, Department of Education, University of the Incarnate Word, Texas Dr. Jim Todd, Chair, Department of Education, Wayland Baptist University, Texas Dr. Amanda Winter, Chair, Division of Education, Wiley College, Texas Dr. Ted Guffy, Dean, College of Education and Social Sciences, West Texas A&M University Dr. Lea McGee, Area Head, College of Education, University of Alabama Dr. Charles Stegman, University of Arkansas at Feyetteville Russell Yeany, Dean, College of Education, Univesity of Georgia at Athens Dr. Glenn Potter, Dean, College of Education, Boise State University, Idaho Donald Warren, Dean, School of Education, Indiana University at Bloomington Dr. Gallagher, Dean, University of Kansas at Lawrence Shirley Raines, Dean, University of Kentucky College of Education, Lexington Robert L. Hampel, Interim Director, School of Education, University of Delaware, Newark |
Jim Chambliss, Dean, School of Education, University of Mississippi
Dr. J. Milford Clark, Dean, School of Education and Psychology, University of Texas-Tyler Dr. Ann Hansen, Director & Certification Officer, Center for Education, Southern Methodist University, Texas Dr. Jerry Whitworth, Chair, Department of Education, Abilene Christian University, Texas Dr. LeBland McAdams, Dean, College of Education, Lamar University, Texas Dr. Joyce Hardin, Chair, Lubbock Christian University, Texas Dr. Emerson Capps, Division Director, Division of Education, Midwestern State university, Texas Dr. Jacquelin Alexander, Dean, School of Education and Clinical Studies, Our Lady of the Lake University, Texas Dr. M. Paul Mehta, Dean College of Education, Prairie View A & M University, Texas Dr. Kenneth Craycraft, Dean College of Education, Sam Houston State University, Texas Dr. Dee Anderson, Chair, Department of Education, Southwestern Adventist College, Texas Dr. Robert Watkins, Dean, School of Education, Paul Quinn College, Texas Dr. Ronny Wells, Jr., Chair, Department of Education, Rice University, Texas Dr. Dave Pullias, Director, Department of Education, Schreiner College, Texas Dr. John Beck, Dean, School of Education, Southwest Texas State University, Texas Dr. Mary Campbell, Director, Education Department, Southwestern Assemblies of God University, Texas Dr. Gayle Brogdon, Dean School of Education, University of Texas-Brownsville Dr. Arturo Pacheco, Dean, College of Education, University of Texas-El Paso Dr. G. Peter Ienatsch, Dean, School of Education, University of Texas-Permian Basin Dr. Jeanne Gerlach, Director, Center for Professional Teacher Education, University of Texas-Arlington Dr. David Dunn, Director, Office of Teacher Education, University of Texas-Dallas Dr. Hilda Medrano, Dean, School of Education, University of Texas-Pan American Dr. Rosalind Hale, Division of Education, Xavier University, New Orleans Karen Viechnicki, Dean, College of Education at Ohio University, Athens Dr. Joan Smith, Dean, College of Education, University of Oklahoma, Norman Susan H. Furman, Dean, Graduate School of Education, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia Dr. Frederick Medway, Dean, College of Education, University of South Carolina, Columbia C. Glennon Rowell, Dean, College of Education, University of Tennessee, Knoxville John Taylor, Dean, College of Education, University of Arizona, Tucson Dr. William Stanley, Dean of Education, University of Colorado, Boulder |