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School violence may be defined as any incident in an education institution aimed at interrupting the normal educational project and includes viciousness between learners as well as attacks by learners on school staff and attacks by school staff on learners. It encompasses physical violence, includi...

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Main Author: Jan Nieuwenhuis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of the Free State 2024-12-01
Series:Perspectives in Education
Online Access:https://journals.ufs.ac.za/index.php/pie/article/view/8894
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Summary:School violence may be defined as any incident in an education institution aimed at interrupting the normal educational project and includes viciousness between learners as well as attacks by learners on school staff and attacks by school staff on learners. It encompasses physical violence, including student-on-student fighting, psychological violence such as verbal abuse, and sexual violence, including rape and sexual harassment. School violence also include various forms of bullying (such as cyberbullying), corporal punishment and carrying weapons to school. School violence has become a widely accepted serious societal problem in recent decades in many countries, especially where weapons such as guns or knives are involved (UNESCO, 2017).
ISSN:0258-2236
2519-593X