Introduction: Punishment is the power that teachers and schools use when performing their educational duties, and it is essentially a job behavior. According to the principle that the employer is responsible for the job behavior, the school should be liable for damages if the teacher improperly exercises the disciplinary power and causes injuries to the students. If the teacher has gross negligence, the school can recover from the teacher.

Punishment does not mean corporal punishment. Chinese laws and regulations prohibit teachers from corporal punishment or corporal punishment of students in disguised form. Does this mean that teachers can't punish students? China's Teacher Law stipulates that teachers have the right to "guide students' learning and development" and the obligation to "criticize and resist phenomena harmful to students' healthy growth". Especially the mental development of minors is still immature. It is the proper meaning of a teacher's identity and profession to educate and manage students and promote their healthy growth.

What is educational punishment? According to the statement of the rules, first of all, educational punishment is aimed at students who violate the student code, school rules and regulations, social public order and good customs, laws and regulations, or have other behaviors that hinder normal teaching activities and are harmful to physical and mental health. In other words, the reason for the punishment is that the students violated the rules and regulations, and their words and deeds were different. The means of punishment is to stop, restrain or correct in a specific way, and corporal punishment is not allowed. The purpose of punishment is to make students take warning, recognize and correct their mistakes, that is to say, the purpose of punishment is education, not punishment for punishment's sake.

How to use the right of educational punishment correctly? What are the types of punishment? What specific measures can be taken? According to the degree of students' violation of discipline, the rules stipulate three different types: general punishment, heavier punishment and severe punishment. General punishment is closely related to teachers' daily teaching and management. In daily work, teachers can take corresponding measures according to students' violation of discipline. The general disciplinary methods listed in the rules include naming and criticizing, ordering an apology, oral or written review, appropriately increasing exercise requirements, standing in the classroom for no more than one class, temporarily detaining articles used by students for violating discipline, disturbing order or regulations, staying in school after class or other appropriate measures stipulated by school rules.