Educational punishment is an educational method of school moral education, which denies or criticizes the bad behavior of individuals or collectives, aiming at stopping the occurrence of certain behaviors, as opposed to rewards. Educational punishment helps students distinguish right from wrong, weakens the motivation of punishment and achieves the purpose of correction; It is also conducive to maintaining school discipline and rules. The specific punishment methods from light to heavy are: verbal criticism, warning, demerit recording, detention, expulsion from school, etc.

The biggest feature of educational punishment is educational, and punishment itself is not an end. Educational punishment, like reward, is also a means of education. Educational punishment is not only an effective measure to help students correct their mistakes, but also an effective measure to alert others, which has a deterrent effect. The purpose of educational punishment is to let students know their mistakes, so educational punishment should be reasonable, moderate and timely, reflecting the strictness and love of education.

Education punishment is not equal to corporal punishment. Corporal punishment is a kind of punishment that harms human body, and it is often used in ancient education. Corporal punishment often includes cold violence such as sarcasm in disguised form, which causes serious harm to students' body and mind. Education should be pragmatic.

To treat educational punishment realistically, we should interpret it rationally and dialectically, use it scientifically and artistically, grasp the scale of punishment, attach importance to it, and put an end to bad behaviors such as corporal punishment or disguised corporal punishment.