Restorative practice undermines the authority of the teacher and is treated as a joke by students. They come in for the meeting (usually escorted a by a duped depute or guidance teacher), make the right noises and then leave with a smirk on their face.
I’m terms of restorative practice, and the abandonment of individual responsibility, it’s been around and gaining traction for a while:
https://www.spiked-online.com/2009/07/31/how-social-work-helped-to-undermine-our-sense-of-self/
Restorative practice undermines the authority of the teacher and is treated as a joke by students. They come in for the meeting (usually escorted a by a duped depute or guidance teacher), make the right noises and then leave with a smirk on their face.