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de Wet, Corene – Bulgarian Comparative Education Society, 2014
Despite hazing being illegal in South African education institutions since December 2002 and post 2002, newspapers and research reveal that it is still practised. It seems as if popular, rather than elitist opinion and debate or research findings perpetuate hazing practices. The aim of this article is to identify popular discourses on hazing in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Letters (Correspondence), Newspapers, Public Opinion
Butler, Edward R.; Glennen, Robert E. – 1991
Anthropologists have documented the importance of rites of passage rituals for marking the successful passage from one position in the social structure to another. The characteristics and importance of rituals and rites of passage to mark the transition high school to college will be presented. It is proposed that colleges and universities utilize…
Descriptors: College Bound Students, College Environment, College Freshmen, Hazing
Martini, Mary – 1994
This research reports on an ethnographic study of Marquesas Islanders and their concepts of violent and aggressive behavior. The study interviewed six mothers about their children's behavior at three stages of early life: (1) infants and toddlers; (2) school-aged children; and (3) adolescents. Analysis of the research suggests that violence is…
Descriptors: Aggression, Antisocial Behavior, Conflict Resolution, Emotional Response