Cowie, H. & Jennifer, D. (Co-ordinating team, UK), Chankova, D. & Poshtova, T. (Bulgaria), Deklerck, J. & Deboutte, G. (Belgium), Ertesvåg, S. K. & Samuelsen, A. S. (Norway), O'Moore, M. & Minton, S. J. (Ireland) and Ortega, R. & Sanchez, V. (Spain) © (2006)

School Bullying and Violence: Taking Action

Module A

Unit A1 - Definition, Context and Knowledge of School Violence

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Objectives:

To be aware of a range of interpretations of school violence
To be able to consider the key factors involved in a definition of school violence from a variety of perspectives
To understand the social and cultural contexts where school violence takes place
To interpret violent behaviour within a complex social system
To evaluate and integrate different theoretical perspectives of school violence

Facilitation skills to be developed through this unit:

Knowledge and understanding of:

current thinking about definitions of school violence
the relationships between social context and school violence
the links between school climate and school violence
the importance of creating a supportive and caring school community

Personal qualities and attributes include:

being able to adopt a critical and reflective stance in the analysis of complex social phenomena
being able to reflect on others' ideas through open debate
being able to integrate different theoretical perspectives on school violence