Teachers faced with school violence
Coexistence is influenced by relationships of conflict among people, which sometimes may end up in violence and aggressiveness. Violence is the result of the accumulation of small hostile situations which arouse maladjustments in feelings and reactions. Recent empirical research has shown that the n...
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| Language: | English |
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Asociación Universitaria de Formación del Profesorado
2008-12-01
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| Series: | Revista Electrónica Interuniversitaria de Formación del Profesorado |
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| Online Access: | http://www.aufop.com/aufop/uploaded_files/articulos/1240849995.pdf |
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| Summary: | Coexistence is influenced by relationships of conflict among people, which sometimes may end up in violence and aggressiveness. Violence is the result of the accumulation of small hostile situations which arouse maladjustments in feelings and reactions. Recent empirical research has shown that the number of violent situations in the classroom has doubled. The answers offered by the administration and the educational centres are oriented to the setting up of programs for violence prevention, considering the school as an organisation which coexists with the conflict. Among the proposed alternatives, I emphasize individual and group tutorship and mediation processes as two viable resources which facilitate coexistence and improve the school’s climate together with a better understanding of the teacher’s use of non-verbal communication in the classroom |
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| ISSN: | 0213-8646 1575-0965 |