Abstract

SILVA, Cleiton Estevam da  and  PFAFF, Nicolle. Mess in the school: strategies to be applied among schools and groups. ETD [online]. 2011, vol.12, n.02, pp.01-21. ISSN 1676-2592.

Based on a cross-cultural study in this paper we outline practices of groups of students in the class room, known as ‘disruptive behaviour’, which are seen as disruptions to classroom and school’s order. Using documentary reconstructions of data from interview and group discussions with 5th graders from different schools and school systems (public and private schools in Brazil, lower and higher qualifying schools in Germany), we discuss the concept of ‘bagunça’ in relation to its social functions concerning the construction of peer-groups, school careers and school-related attitudes. A fundamental difference between pupil on different educational and social contexts can be seen concerning the function of school critique, which is only applied in schools of lower educational or social status. From a methodological point of view we address questions of class-related qualitative research in cross-cultural investigations and, more concrete, the triangulation of culture-related material.

Keywords : Comparative Research; Documentary Method; School; Social Class; Trouble Lessons.

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