Child discipline

Performance appraisals and the underlying disciplinary power it exercises in the UK education system Epigraph Disciplinary power is exercised through its invisibility; at the same time, it imposes on those it subjects a compulsory visibility. In discipline, it is the subjects who have to be seen. Their visibility assures the hold of the power that is exercised over them. It is the fact of being constantly seen that maintains the disciplined individual in his subjection (Foucault, 1979, p.…

Foucault particularly accentuates how this new wave method of imprisonment becomes an instrument of more effective jurisdiction: ''to punish less, but certainly to punish better'' Foucault, M. (1977). Discipline and punish. Additionally, he maintains that that this new means of punishment becomes the seed for ever growing control of an entire society with hospitals, factories, and even educational institutions modeled on the modern prison system. However…

"Panopticism" is a social theory created by Michel Foucault in his book Discipline and Punish. He defines this term as “the general principle of a new 'political anatomy ' whose object and end are not the relations of sovereignty but the relations of discipline" (Foucault 191). In other words, Foucault believes that institutions like the military, schools, and hospitals are controlled by requiring everyone to obey the rules and by punishing those who do not follow the rules to improve the…

Beep beep beep beep! The alarm reads 5:30 time to get up she thrust her hand towards the alarm clock to turn it off. She leans over and gets up slowly yawning and stretching out her nights rest, thank god it’s Friday she says joyfully only half a day of work and I’m done, weekend here I come. As she’s almost done getting ready she remembers to bring her rig boots and fire retardant suit, today there going out to a rig site and look around at what the riggers do all day and what equipment they…

Over the course of years Forensic Anthropology and Biology has coincided with the criminal court system, and has had the ability to help face dangerous individuals with justice and to find these individuals guilty. Forensic Biology is defined as the application of science where the process of identifying badly decomposed, skeletal, or that of unidentified human remains is done. Forensic Anthropology is defined as the application of science that involves the physical anthropology to the criminal…

The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood shows an imaginative attempt to conceive a future where women have lost their autonomy and rights, and where the American government is run by conservative moral and religious ideals. Atwood creates a dystopian story which frames itself through Michel Foucault’s Panopticon. The panoptic establishment relies upon complete visibility, a hierarchical organization of power, and an enclosed space. These three concepts are all prevalent throughout the novel. The…

According to Michel Foucault in his book Discipline and Punish, the Panopticon is a prison designed to establish power and control of one individual over the prisoners through observation. This observation is achieved through the prison’s annular structure, with the prisoners in confined cells facing the center, and the supervisor in a central tower (Foucault 200). The ring-like structure and the central tower allow the supervisor to see all inmates while simultaneously prohibiting them from…

Sociologist Michael Foucault argues that the existence of power is everywhere, and it influences society and how individuals behave (Mason 2016). He uses his interpretation of Jeremy Bentham’s concept of the Panopticon, to explain this phenomenon. Bentham defines the Panopticon as a circular pillar structure in the center of a prison that is used for the surveillance of prisoners. However, though it can be seen by everyone occupying the building, no one is aware of who occupies the interior; but…

from Peter Senge and its five main disciplines; systems thinking, personal mastery, mental models, shared vision, and team learning. Systems thinking, it is a concept that organizations use to collect information systems that measures the performance of the organization. It is the ability to comprehend, and examine the incentive and the means to integrate the discipline. One example of systems thinking is system maps also called diagrams. The second discipline is personal mastery, it is the…

Being on time, or punctual, has always been an important quality in American culture. People who tend to be on time are perceived to be more responsible and organized, whereas those who aren’t always on time tend to be perceived as the opposite. Personally, I agree with the text that describes being on time as being there about five minutes before the intended time of arrival. My mother taught me this tactic and I’ve seen the effects of people who aren’t on time, such as my brothers. In grade…