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      Developing restorative practices in schools: Some reflections

      Drewery, Wendy; Winslade, John
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      Drewery, W., & Winslade, J. (2005). Developing restorative practices in schools: Some reflections. New Zealand Journal of Counselling, 26(1), 16–32.
      Permanent Research Commons link: https://hdl.handle.net/10289/9571
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      The use of disciplinary practices derived from restorative justice have recently been gaining popularity and inciting keen interest in the education community. Practices that have so far been introduced have tended to centre on conferencing, although there is a broadening range of other practices in schools that are being brought under the heading “restorative”. This paper offers some reflections on these developments, building on the experiences of a team at the University of Waikato, which completed two projects on restorative conferencing in schools for the Ministry of Education under the rubric of the Suspension Reduction Initiative, and continues to develop understanding of the practices. The projects included developing and trialling processes for suspension hearings using restorative conferencing and principles from restorative justice. Objectives of both projects were related to the desire to reduce numbers of suspensions and exclusions, particularly of Māori children. We argue that the introduction of restorative practices invites schools into some tectonic shifts in thinking about offending behaviour, about community, and ultimately about the purposes of education.
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      2005
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      Journal Article
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      New Zealand Association of Counsellors
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      This is an author’s accepted version of an article published in the journal: New Zealand Journal of Counselling. Used with permission.
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