?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Primary+School+educators'+beliefs+about+suspension+and+exclusion+of+students+with+challenging+behaviours&rft.creator=Howard%2C+Judith&rft.subject=Primary+school&rft.subject=educators&rft.subject=suspension&rft.subject=exclusion&rft.subject=student+behaviour&rft.subject=Queensland&rft.subject=School+Disciplinary+Absence+(SDA)&rft.subject=Milton+Rokeach&rft.description=A+growing+international+research+base+is+suggesting+that+there+can+be+no+more+serious+sanction+taken+against+children+of+primary+school+age+than+to+withdraw+their+rights+to+attend+school+through+suspension+and+exclusion+-+referred+to+in+Queensland+as+School+Disciplinary+Absence+(SDA).+The+short+and+long-term+detrimental+consequences+of+SDA+to+student+recipients%2C+their+families%2C+and+social+structures+are+well+documented.+Yet%2C+SDA+remains+as+a+controversial%2C+often+policy-supported+means+to+manage+challenging+student+behaviour+increasingly+used+by+Queensland+government+schools.+To+contribute+to+this+growing+research%2C+this+project+examines+the+potential+influence+of+an+array+of+principals'+and+teachers'+beliefs+on+their+decisions+regarding+the+use+of+SDA+within+five+government+primary+schools+in+Queensland.+The+study+adopts+a+multi-method%2C+case-study+approach+and+is+informed+by+social+constructionist+and+critical+theory+perspectives.+It+draws+from+Rokeach's+(1968)+conceptualisation+of+the+human+belief+system+as+having+a+number+of+sections+where+particular+stated+beliefs+may+be+influenced+by+more+powerful+beliefs+situated+within+another+part+of+the+system%2C+which+may+(in+turn)+influence+decisions+and+actions.+Data+were+drawn+from+school+documents%2C+surveys%2C+and+interviews.+Survey+data+revealed+strong+support+for+the+use+of+SDA+but+interview+data+suggested+that+most+participants+believed+that+SDA+was+ineffective+and+held+overriding+concerns+for+the+wellbeing+and+education+of+students+exhibiting+challenging+behaviours.++In+some+cases%2C+particular+beliefs+were+shown+to+override+this+unfavourable+view+of+SDA+and+cause+educators+to+become+more+likely+to+endorse+its+implementation.+The+study+examines+the+complex+construction+of+a+variety+of+educator+beliefs+regarding+SDA+in+general%2C+the+types+of+students+who+are+more+at+risk+of+SDA%2C+school+and+educator+responsibility+for+supporting+these+students%2C+and+factors+believed+to+prevent+or+make+it+difficult+to+avoid+the+use+of+SDA.++Also%2C+participants'+concerns+and+recommendations+regarding+SDA+are+examined+and+implications+for+professional+practice+and+school+reform+are+considered.&rft.publisher=Queensland+University+of+Technology&rft.date=2005&rft.type=Thesis&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.relation=https%3A%2F%2Feprints.qut.edu.au%2F16152%2F1%2FJudith_Howard_Thesis.pdf&rft.rights=free_to_read&rft.relation=Howard%2C+Judith+(2005)+Primary+School+educators'+beliefs+about+suspension+and+exclusion+of+students+with+challenging+behaviours.+PhD+thesis%2C+Queensland+University+of+Technology.&rft.id_number=https%3A%2F%2Feprints.qut.edu.au%2F16152%2F&rft.rights=Copyright+Judith+Howard&rft.identifier=Faculty+of+Education%3B+Office+of+Education+Research