Towards “Positive”:The New Trend of School Discipline Policy in Australian Government Schools

In the 21st century, under the promotion of inclusive education concept and various social factors, the education discipline system in Australian government primary and secondary schools has undergone a change from the 1990s'"zero tolerance" to "positive" from legislation to practice. The newly revised School Discipline Policy in most Australian states in 2019 serves as a model for the " positive" educational discipline policy. It aims to protect the individual rights of students and promote the development of students' personality, it also covers the trinity of school governance with discipline guidelines, discipline improvement and multiple disciplines. As an extension of the School Discipline Policy, Australian government schools explore the implementation path of education discipline, it includes creating a restorative environment and developing peer mediation and meeting mediation skills. The types of disciplinary incidents are divided step by step, and the overall trend is towards " positive" disciplinary action. Based on the educational concept of " fairness and justice", hierarchical disciplinary measures and restorative disciplinary guarantee, the "positive" education discipline reflects new changes in the value orientation and opens a new direction for the development of education discipline in government primary and secondary schools in Australia.