TY - JOUR PY - 2009// TI - Teachers' surveillance and children's subversion: the educational implications of non-educational activities in the classroom JO - Procedia - social and behavioral sciences A1 - Halstead, J. Mark A1 - Jiamei, Xiao SP - 2264 EP - 2268 VL - 1 IS - 1 N2 - The research reported in this paper reveals that in the classroom children are under constant surveillance and control by the teacher, and that they may respond by attempting to subvert the teacher's regulations and order through distractions, disruptions, attention-seeking and time-wasting activities. On the one hand, this subversion indicates there is a fine balance of power between teacher and pupils in the classroom, but on the other it indicates that the pupils are reflecting on their own behavior and experiences and thus developing into morally autonomous individuals.

LA - SN - 1877-0428 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.sbspro.2009.01.398 ID - ref1 ER -