Abstract

MACEDO, Rosa Maria de Almeida  and  BOMFIM, Maria do Carmo Alves. Violências na escola. Rev. Diálogo Educ. [online]. 2009, vol.09, n.28, pp.605-618. ISSN 1981-416X.

Violence has become one of the main reasons for complaints from teachers, because of sporadic event, has become frequent in the routine of school. His worries recurrence and its confrontation is considered a challenge that is needed for parents, educators and authorities. Nevertheless, it is a poorly understood phenomenon and about which many questions hanging. Hence the interest in conducting a study aimed to investigate the existence of violence in the school environment, forms of expression and perceptions of students and teachers on this phenomenon. The study was conducted from August 2006 to April 2007, in 08 public schools in three municipalities of Maranhão: San Luis, Timon and Açailândia and involved 566 subjects, with 446 students in middle and elementary schools and 120 teachers. It was applied questionnaires of the type mixed with the 566 subjects, being an instrument specifically for teachers and other students and to conduct interviews in focus groups with a representative sample, consisting of 52 students and 15 teachers. The data were analyzed from the ideas of authors such as: Abramovay Street (2002); Abramovay and Castro (2006), Gatti (2005); Nogueira (2004); Di Giorgi (2004); Morin, Ciurana e Motta (2003), which treats about the subject. The reading and interpretation of the data showed that there is violence in schools investigated and its surroundings; that violence is expressed by different modes, more explicitly, through verbal and incivilities, or by stealth, through threats and attitudes prejudiced and that interpersonal relations are fragile.

Keywords : Violence; School; Youth.

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