The Self-Discipline of Students in Public Humiliation Type Education (PHT-Edu)

Public Humiliation Type Education (PHT-Edu) is a form of education where educators use power to consolidate their position and oppress students, creating a sense of domination. Its formation mechanism primarily stems from educators manipulating students' personal existential needs in group life. PHT-Edu can have a psychological impact on students, but the specific forms in which it operates remain to be explored, and the mechanisms within student groups deserve further study. This paper adopts Campusnography as the methodology, to more closely analyze the behavioral patterns in student groups. This paper proposes that within the PHT-Edu model, students develop psychological mechanisms of self-discipline, which also become a shared value identity in the group. As a crucial psychological need in educational psychology, a sense of belonging and collective consensus have become a difficult factor for individual students to navigate when choosing between "obedience" and "resistance." Therefore, the fear of resistance in PHT-Edu is not only due to the authoritarian nature of teachers and educators, but also to the sense of belonging from peers and the surrounding community. These factors contribute to self-discipline of students in the face of PHT-Edu. Thus, future research can explore the construction of a sense of belonging within student groups and refine the study on mechanisms of PHT-Edu for future educational initiatives to avoid wrong educational model continuing to be used.