Publication:
Human Touch in the Primary School Setting

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2019-12-01
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Avondale Academic Press
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No touch policies in schools have created a dilemma for teachers. To investigate student, teacher, and parent attitudes to touch at school, ten Pre-Kindy students, seven K-6 students, four teachers and four parents at a small faith-based school were interviewed using a semi-structured interview style. Analysis of the responses indicated the majority of the participants in this study supported the use of ‘healthy’ physical contact, between teachers and students. Students, parents and teachers were mindful of appropriate ways to touch, arena of safety issues, and that touch may not be for everyone, all concepts which informed a proposition for policy review in schools to optimise student development and wellbeing.

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Policy, touching, wellbeing
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Thompson, A., & Beamish, P. (2019). Human touch in the primary school setting. TEACH Journal of Christian Education, 13(2), 49-56. doi:10.55254/1835-1492.1429

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