| Description |
vii, 136 pages ; 18 cm |
| Contents |
Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Using this book -- Part 1: Duty of care -- Teacher registration and professional standards -- Duty of care -- Excursions and camps -- Non-teaching staff and trainees -- Volunteers -- First aid and disease -- Part 2: Discipline, physical contact and relations with students -- Student discipline and restraint -- Physical contact and sexual assault -- Bullying, harassment and assault -- Part 3: Provision of educational services -- Discrimination -- Confidentiality, privacy and freedom of information -- Defamation -- Professional negligence -- Copyright -- Part 4: Welfare, family and crime -- Reporting child abuse -- Family law problems -- Police interviewing of students -- Appearing in court -- Trespass on school property -- Notes -- Further reading -- Directory |
| Summary |
The essential reference for every Australian teacher - further revised and updated. This indispensable pocket-sized resource guides primary and secondary school teachers through the many complex legal issues that arise in the school environment. Covering the key topics from bullying to intellectual property, Teachers, Students and the Law provides concise, plain-language information in an easy-to-use format. This new edition incorporates updated information and references, with an up-to-date directory of national contacts and services |
| Notes |
"First, first national, second and third editions published 2000, 2002, 2005, 2008 by the Victoria Law Foundation" -- t. p. verso |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (page 125-127) and index |
| Subject |
Educational law and legislation -- Australia.
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Students -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Australia.
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Teachers -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Australia.
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Teachers -- Training of -- Australia.
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| Author |
Hopkins, Drew, 1947-
Teachers, students & the law
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| LC no. |
2014407400 |
| ISBN |
9781742862415 |
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