Resumo

DIAS, Marian Ávila de Lima e; ANDRADE, Patrícia Ferreira de  e  CARREIRA, João Luiz Cavalcante. School hierarchies and violence among students. Educ. Puc. [online]. 2023, vol.28, e236059.  Epub 28-Jun-2023. ISSN 2318-0870.  https://doi.org/10.24220/2318-0870v28e2023a6059.

Based on the concept of school hierarchies identified by Adorno, the aim of this paper was to investigate the relation between school performance (standing out in grades and class activities – official hierarchy) and being a victim or perpetrator of maltreatment; the relation between performance in Physical Education and popularity (unofficial hierarchy) in suffering or perpetrating maltreatment among peers; and whether students who excel in the former also stand out in the latter. The responses to questionnaires and scales administered to 223 ninth-grade students from public schools in a city in the Greater São Paulo area indicated, in relation to the official hierarchy, that those who stand out are less likely to be victims or aggressors, while those who do not excel tend to be victims and aggressors, as reported by their peers. If a student’s poor performance in the official hierarchy positions them as a victim or aggressor, their position in the unofficial hierarchy will influence which of these roles they will occupy. Those who are considered popular and perform well in physical education tend to be identified as aggressors, while those who are unpopular and who do not perform well in physical education, as victims. In addition to the correlation between being popular and doing well in sports – which confirms the existence of an unofficial hierarchy at school – we also found a correlation between popularity and prominence in the official hierarchy, suggesting that popularity is also an important aspect in this hierarchy. This data raises questions about which attributes currently identify the “good student” and to what extent recognition of good academic performance can be misconstrued as mere accomplishment of tasks.

Palavras-chave : Academic performance; Physical education performance; Popularity at school; Critical theory of society; School violence.

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