Thesis (MTech (Education))--Peninsula Technikon, 2003 / Teaching and Learning cannot take place in an unsafe environment. The school plays a central role in the socialisation of a child and it is critical that schools offer a safe environment in which learning can take place. This study attempts to investigate school stakeholder perceptions of the Safe Schools Programme of the WCED and its impact on the learning environment of one primary school in the Mitchell's Plain district. The study as a whole is set against the research literature on crime and violence in schools. The literature surveyed covered the following aspects: (I) What constitutes crime and violence in schools; (2) The effects of crime and violence on the school environment; and (3) Approaches to reducing crime and violence in schools. This research project is a case study of school stakeholder perceptions of the Safe Schools Programme of the WCED as implemented in one primary school. Qualitative research techniques were employed and data was collected by means of individual semi-structured interviews with the acting principal and the safety officer of the school. A focus group interview was held with a group of educators and support staff members. Learners were excluded from the study as the aim was to determine the perceived impact of the Safe Schools Programme on the learning environment at the school. Primary school learners may perhaps not be able to articulate their views on the issue under research. Parents were not included in this research process but could be a valuable source of data for future research.

The media visibility and perception of school violence have grown in unequal proportion to the studies on the same phenomenon is also verified in other forms of violence. The lack of studies is one of the major criticisms of sociologists, historians, anthropologists and philosophers. While recognizing this imbalance between the visibility and studies on violence, when performing the survey on the subject of studies in schools in Brazil, found that there is a growing interest in the subject. It was not this knowledge, however, which mobilized me to such a study, but my experience as a Portuguese teacher in the Public Education Network in Municipal Elementary School Dr. Carvalho Neto Novo Paraíso district, in the west of Aracaju city . There are few issues to be addressed as difficult as the educational violence, starting with the very definition of violence that leads to a very varied world of sense, since the term is used for very different purposes and proceeds from various orientations. The object of this research is to understand the representation of violence in the production of textual genres for elementary students of Dr. EM Carvalho Neto and analyze the recurrence with the theme of violence that appears in their textual productions. The preparation of an investigation of issues such as proposed here requires the choice of methodological procedures well defined for both, the choice of educational institution in question was made as a result of my previous contact with the local reality, which provided Portuguese teacher, since I have worked types there for six years, this is one of the communities with the highest rates of violence in the city. The empirical field of research covered EMEF Dr. Carvalho Neto. In this context, the survey looked specifically at the (as) students (as) the 7th and 8th grade shifts afternoon and evening that produced textual genres whose themes were presented as proposals of writing by (the) teacher (s) and these texts served as the corpus to reflect the central theme of scientific writing, we used non-probability sampling procedure for accessibility, for people who formed the sample were those (those) students and teachers who showed interest in contributing to this study. To perform the study, we used 02 (two) types of methodological procedures: participant observation and questionnaires to (the) teacher (s). As a result of research, it was realized that (the) teachers do not listen to the voices of violence expressed in these texts, students, so do not use this feature to promote culture of peace within and outside the school it. / A visibilidade midiática e a percepção da violência na escola têm crescido em proporção desigual aos estudos sobre a violência escolar, fenômeno também verificável em outras formas de violências. A falta de estudos é uma das importantes críticas de sociólogos, historiadores, antropólogos e filósofos. Mesmo reconhecendo este descompasso entre a visibilidade e os estudos sobre violências, ao ser realizar o levantamento sobre os estudos da temática em escolas no Brasil, constatei que há um crescente interesse no tema. Não foi esse conhecimento, porém, o que me mobilizou para um estudo dessa natureza, mas a minha experiência como docente de Português na Rede de Educação Pública Municipal na Escola de Ensino Fundamental Doutor Carvalho Neto situada no bairro Novo Paraíso, na zona Oeste da cidade de Aracaju. Existem poucos temas tão difíceis de ser abordado quanto o da violência educacional, a começar pela própria definição desse fenômeno que induz a um mundo de sentido muito variado, já que o termo utilizado presta-se a propósitos muito diferentes e procede de orientações diversas. O objeto desta pesquisa é entender a representação da violência nas produções dos gêneros textuais de alunos (as) do ensino fundamental da EM Doutor Carvalho Neto e analisar como o tema da violência aparece nas suas produções textuais. A elaboração de uma investigação acerca de temáticas como aqui proposta requer a escolha de procedimentos metodológicos bem definidos, para tanto, a opção pela instituição de ensino em questão foi feita em decorrência do meu contato prévio com a realidade local, que na condição de professor de português, já atuo ali há seis anos, nesta que é uma das comunidades com os maiores índices de violência do município. O campo empírico da pesquisa abrangeu a EMEF Doutor Carvalho Neto. Neste contexto, o universo da pesquisa contemplou, especificamente, os (as) alunos (as) da 7ª e 8ª séries dos turnos vespertino e noturno que produziram gêneros textuais cujas temáticas foram apresentadas como propostas de produção textual pelos (as) professores (as), e esses textos serviram como o corpus para a reflexão da temática central deste escrito científico; foi utilizado o processo de amostragem não probabilística por acessibilidade, pois as pessoas que compuseram a amostra foram àqueles (as) alunos (as) e professores (as) que demonstraram interesse em contribuir com o presente estudo. Para a realização da pesquisa, foram adotados 02 (dois) tipos de procedimentos metodológicos: a observação participante e a aplicação de questionários aos (às) professores (as). Como resultado da pesquisa, foi percebido que os (as) docentes não escutam as vozes da violência expressas nos textos desses (as) alunos (as), logo, não fazem uso desse recurso para a promoção da cultura da paz dentro da escola e fora dela.

Submitted in fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of Master of Technology, Durban University of Technology, Durban, 2017. / The overall aim of this study was to examine the circumstances under which violence occured among learners at Phatheka Primary School, situated in the township of Umlazi, and in doing so explore the causes of violence among learners at this school. The study further aimed to explore the complicit role of the school as an agent in shaping the manner in which learners relate to violence and vis à vis shaping learner behaviour. The research was driven by three objectives: Firstly, to investigate the gendered, class and ethnic nature of perpetrators and victims of school violence. Secondly, to examine the intra-group interactions among peers and their positioning of each other in terms of violent behaviour. Lastly, to explore how the discipline regime of the school shaped the constructions of violent and peaceful behaviour among learners. The qualitative research approach was utilised to obtain detailed and rich data. Ten educators and ten learners were purposively chosen from one urban primary school in the Umlazi Township. The ten learners that were interviewed, were identified from teachers’ observations of conflict situations at the school, in the classroom and on the playground. The ten most senior educators formed the sample of educators for this study. Seniority was determined according to the number of years the educator had been teaching at this school. Four of the most senior male educators and six of the most senior female educators were selected. The data was collected through face-to-face interviews and focus group interviews. The composition of the group consisted of learners with different interests and cultures in order to stimulate debate. The questions asked in the focus group interviews were similar to the questions used in individual interviews to broaden the data by comparing the responses of respondents when they were on their own, to their responses in a group situation.. The data analysis process was organised according to the research questions and based on themes that emerged from the contents of the interviews. A list of themes was formed of each transcript. These themes were then grouped and organised according to similarities. The list of themes was compared to the data and codes were allocated. The data was then divided and organised into categories, relevant themes and sub-themes. The findings of this study revealed that violence at this school was mainly interpersonal. Physical violence at this school took the form of hitting, kicking, punching, slapping and other acts that caused physical pain or injury. This study found that many learners believed that certain types of muthi provided advantage to the user in conflicts and fights. Many boys at this school used vernacular expressions of stick fighting to reinforce their dominance over other boys, as metaphors of manhood that bolstered their position among peers. Physical confrontation often involved the use of sticks. Labelling also served as a trigger to ignite violence among learners. Learners labelled each other in terms of their physical appearance, their citizenship as well as their academic performance. There was strong evidence from learners’ interviews that they competed and labelled each other around issues of classroom practices and academic performance. This created tension among the learners which also led to physical confrontation and violence. Many boys subscribed to certain hegemonic notions of masculinity which created a mentality where the boys demanded respect and exercised power over girls. Boys often used violence or the threat of violence to claim and exercise this power. Romantic relationships with girls often caused boys at Phatheka to get into conflict situations in their attempts to avoid humiliation, to prove heterosexuality and to enjoy a particular status at the school. This study found that a large proportion of learners who reacted with violence when provoked, had learnt this behaviour through role models provided by parents, siblings, relatives and community members, either directly or indirectly, and that this was often reinforced at school by peers, bullies and figures of authority. Role models actively encouraged learners to defend themselves, or to solve problems, by means of force and aggression, which contributed significantly to shaping violent behaviour among learners. This notion among the learners at Phatheka Primary School that violence is the best way to resolve conflict, with or without weapons, meant that fighting became the norm at this school. Although school fights are common and every fight is different, this study found that some common causes do exist. It was also found that the school complicitly contributed to the violence among learners through school policies and the disciplinary practices of educators. / M

The South African Constitution is considered as supreme law. This piece of legislation overrides all others and states in section 28(2): “A child’s best interests are of paramount importance in every matter concerning the child”. This emphasises the significance of the right of the child in South African law, by stating that children are to be protected at all cost. This section of the constitution forms the basis of this thesis with regards to the child and the protections that are to be afforded to them in instances of sexual abuse by educators. In the last several years there has been an increase in the number of cases reported on the sexual abuse, rape, violence and harassment of learners by members of the schooling community. The statistics prove that sexual violence in the schooling system in South Africa is rampant and furthermore indicate that young girls and boys are not as safe as they deserve to be. A teacher or educator is a professional, who is to act in a professional manner at all times – in the course and scope of their employment as educators. When a parent leaves its child at school for the day the educators are acting in loco parentis – in place of parent – thus these children are to be protected, nurtured and cared for in the correct manner. Sexual abuse of a learner by an educator is a gross contravention of South African legislation, the South African Council of Educators (SACE) code of conduct as well as international codes by the International Labour Organisation (ILO), the United Nations (UN) and other conventions. It is therefore fitting that any perpetrator of such violence, disrespect and transgression is to be punished quickly and harshly. Educators who abuse children are to immediately be removed from the school system through dismissal and also be tried criminally. These offenders should also be added to the SACE sexual offenders’ database which needs to be open to the Department of Education (DOE) and more importantly the general public – allowing parents to make the best possible decisions when putting their children in schools, thus ensuring their safety. However, throughout this process the rights of the child are to be protected and regarded with prevailing sensitivity, and their innocence is to be sheltered from any further psychological and emotional harm caused due to the abuse. The South African Professional Society on the Abuse of Children (SAPSAC) argues that a constitutional injunction is powerless to protect a child from being victimised and traumatised by criminal activity.1 All the more should it be incumbent upon the criminal law and criminal procedure and upon the courts, their functionaries and practitioners who regulate its procedure and apply its principles to “protect children from abuse and (to) maximise opportunities for them to lead productive and happy lives … (and to) … create positive conditions for repair to take place”. The thesis that follows, using the principles summarised here, aims to: define sexual abuse of the child, the legal position in South Africa in relation to the sexual abuse of children and case law. Recommendations will then be made and a code of good practice will be established on how to deal with educators who sexually abuse their learners promptly, effectively – without causing any further harm to the child in question.

This study assessed the implementation of learner discipline policies in the Graaff Reinet District in four township Secondary schools. The study arose as a result of the decline of learner discipline in secondary schools. This study is located in the interpretive paradigm and adopted a qualitative research approach in the collection of data. It employed triangulation to collect data and obtained valuable information on the implementation of learner discipline policies. Four township secondary schools in the Graaff Reinet District were purposively selected for the sample in this study. Semi-structured interviews, focus groups of learners and parents Data has revealed that schools were using different strategies to implement learner discipline such as Code of Conduct, Disciplinary hearing, Safety and Security Committee, Educators, Corporal Punishment, Alternative methods to Corporal Punishment and the role parents. Data revealed that there has been no success in implementing learner discipline strategies. There were a number of limitations in implementing policies to maintain learner disciplines which were identified in the study. There were inconsistencies like educators not supervising learners in detention classes, some of the educators were sabotaging the system by not putting into practice the measures and strategies which were put in place to maintain discipline and so forth. The School Management Teams did not capacitate the Representative Council of Learners so as to assist in the monitoring of discipline. The Department of Education is not supportive in the maintenance of discipline in the schools under study in Graaff Reinet District. To address disciplinary problems, the study has the following key recommendations Policies should be crafted by all stakeholders for ownership and there should be collaboration in implementation of those policies.. The Code of Conduct should be issued to all learners at the school at the beginning of the year in the language of preference, with school rules. Learners should know the consequences of transgressing the Code of Conduct. SMTs should adopt different management styles so as to take action against educators who are failing the system of maintaining discipline. Educators should realise that it is their duty to maintain discipline in schools; therefore they should stop complaining about disciplinary problems. Educators should engage the Department of Education to conduct workshops in building capacity of educators to maintain learner discipline. Schools should establish partnerships with other sister Departments such as SAPS, Social Development, Correctional Services, Health to, maintain learner discipline.

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / Among the various ways to understand the school violence, currently has been highlighting a specific form called bullying. Conceptually, the bullying is defined as a repetitive violence, physical or psychological, may be direct or indirect, that is established in an unequal relationship of power between pairs, producing negative consequences to the target. In the present study is an approximation of this phenomenon with homophobia and bullying one of the forms of manifestation of that prejudice within schools. Given this, the present study had as general objective to analyze the bullying on young people from public schools of Aracaju, as well as the relationship of their demonstration with homophobia. Attended 808 young with an average age of 14.9 years (SD = 1.98), from 9 State schools of the city of Aracaju-SE. the procedure of data collection occurred in schools, in a collective way and during a period of class assigned by the teacher. The collection was divided into two steps: (1) delivery of Term of free and Clarified Consent (TFCC) to students and explanation of the research; (2) the next day, returned to collect the TFCC signed by responsible and application of the questionnaire. Among the participants, the majority were female (57%), Browns (52%) and claimed to belong to any religion (93%). The instruments used were a questionnaire of bullying, homophobia and the general health questionnaire (GHQ). For data analysis was descriptive and inferential statistics. The results indicated that, among the participants, 32% self-identified as targets of bullying, 12% authors, 22% and 34% authors targets only witnesses. Homophobia has been described between the targets as responsible for 9% of the cases of bullying only among boys this percentage represented 22% of the cases; and 2% among girls. It was observed that the Group of authors of bullying, homophobia, scores are more differentiating statistically (p < 0.05) of the target groups. In addition, it is noticed that bullying interferes with the psychological well-being of the subjects, being the target groups-authors and targets participants with lower well-being, differentiating statistically. / Entre as diversas formas de se compreender a violência escolar, atualmente vem se destacando uma forma específica denominada bullying. Conceitualmente, o bullying é definido como uma violência repetitiva, podendo ser física ou psicológica, direta ou indireta, que é estabelecida em uma relação desigual de poder entre pares, produzindo conseqüências negativas para o alvo. No presente estudo é feita uma aproximação desse fenômeno com a homofobia, sendo o bullying uma das formas de manifestação desse preconceito no âmbito escolar. Diante disso, o presente estudo teve como objetivo geral analisar o bullying em jovens das escolas públicas de Aracaju, bem como, a relação de sua manifestação com a homofobia. Participaram 808 jovens com idade média de 14,9 anos (DP = 1,98), oriundos de 9 escolas da rede estadual da cidade de Aracaju-SE. O procedimento de coleta de dados ocorreu nas escolas, de forma coletiva e durante um período da aula cedido pelo professor. A coleta foi dividida em duas etapas: (1) entrega dos Termos de Consentimentos Livre e Esclarecidos (TCLE) aos alunos e explanação sobre a pesquisa; (2) no dia seguinte, retornava-se para recolher os TCLEs assinados pelos responsáveis e aplicação do questionário. Dentre os participantes, a maioria foi do sexo feminino (57%), pardos (52%) e afirmou pertencer a alguma religião (93%). Os instrumentos utilizados foram um questionário de bullying, escala de homofobia e o questionário de saúde geral (QSG). Para análise dos dados utilizou-se a estatística descritiva e inferencial. Os resultados indicaram que, entre os participantes, 32% se definiram como alvos de bullying, 12% autores, 22% alvos/autores e 34% somente testemunhas. A homofobia foi descrita entre os alvos como responsável por 9% dos casos de bullying somente entre os meninos essa porcentagem representou 22% dos casos; e entre as meninas 2%. Observou-se que o grupo de autores de bullying, apresentam maiores escores de homofobia, se diferenciando estatisticamente (p < 0,05) dos grupos de alvos. Além disso, percebe-se que o bullying interfere no bem-estar psicológico dos sujeitos, sendo os grupos de alvo-autores e alvos os participantes com menor bem-estar, diferenciando estatisticamente dos demais.

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In a midwest, rural, and high-poverty elementary school, teachers expressed concerns about difficult student behaviors in their classrooms. It was important to address the problem because student misbehavior disrupts the learning of all students in the classroom. To provide information to the school that could inform possible interventions, a survey was conducted that measured the perceptions of 24 classroom teachers about concerning student behaviors, their methods of dealing with such behaviors, their needs for further support, and their confidence in dealing with difficult student behaviors. The conceptual frameworks that guided this study were the behaviorist theories of Watson and Skinner. The survey responses were analyzed using descriptive statistics. A Mann-Whitney U test was conducted for each of the survey questions to determine whether any statistically significant differences between the survey responses of independent variable groups of grade level (Kindergarten-3 and 4-6) and teacher experience (novice and veteran teachers). Findings showed only 1 statistically significant difference between the Grades K-3 and 4-6 teachers' use of books and published materials to deal with concerning student behavior. A professional development initiative was created that will use professional learning community groupings already present in the school for teachers to research and implement changes to their professional practices in dealing with concerning student behaviors. This study may lead to an improved learning environment for teachers and students, an enhanced school reputation, and further parental and community support.

Thesis (M. A. (Criminology and Criminal Justice)) -- University of Limpopo, 2022 / The purpose of this study was to analyse violence towards educators in the selected high schools in the Mankweng policing area. This was done by identifying factors contributing to school violence, assessing consequences of violence on victims of violence and determining measures that can be applied to effectively prevent, combat and investigate this scourge. This qualitative study applied the explanatory research design to recruit participants using non-probability sampling techniques, specifically purposive and snowball sampling respectively. Eighteen (18) participants were selected for this study, comprising of Six (06) educators from each of the Three (03) selected high schools of Mankweng policing area. Data were collected using semi-structured face-to-face interviews and documentary studies. Based on the transcribed data, themes were extracted and analysed using inductive Thematic Content Analysis (TCA). This study established that there are factors that contribute to the occurrence of school violence; victims are affected by school violence (I.e. Be it social, psychological and physical); and that there are measures that may reduce the occurrence of these violence. Findings of the research indicate that factors such as demographic location, substance abuse, peer pressure, gang groups are the causes of violence, leading to victims facing consequences such as depression, anxiety attacks and early retirement. For recommendations, this study provides that the community get involved in reducing school violence, the DBE should provide pro-active and re-active measures to combat violence, enforce a strong collaboration between stakeholders and enforce legislative framework implemented about workplace safety.

[pt] Dois são os objetivos fundamentais da presente pesquisa: 1) gerar inteligibilidades sobre como as experiências de um grupo de alunos-professores-profissionais da educação com a violência na escola são reconstruídas em discurso; 2) entender como esse fenômeno é articulado discursivamente com a dimensão da (con-)vivência interpessoal que, mesmo inscrita no tecido institucional da escola, o transcende, humanizando as relações intersubjetivas constritas pela racionalidade do Estado (WEBER, 1994) - sendo tal âmbito da vida humana denominado aqui de afetividade. Com tal ambição em mente, inicio a jornada investigativa ora sintetizada com dois expedientes: a demarcação do alicerce epistemológico-metodológico a dar sustento à investigação pretendida e a apresentação do contexto social e biográfico de florescimento da pesquisa. Segue-se a proposição de um modelo teórico que intenta reconstituir conceitualmente o problema da violência escolar em sua natureza multifacetada, desde suas causas mais amplas, externas aos muros da escola, até suas distintas conformações assumidas a partir da sua integração a esse espaço (AQUINO, 1996). Adiante, articulo tal teorização à supramencionada noção de afetividade, a qual é forjada a partir de um diálogo entre uma concepção de afeto assentada na totalidade subjetiva da experiência (VYGOTSKY, 1994; ZAPOROZHETS, 1977; MERLEAU-PONTY, 1994) e um quadro explicativo acerca da inter-relação de controle e racionalização entre o Estado, em sua acepção moderna, e a sociedade por ele tutelada (WEBER, 1994; FOUCAULT, 2004). Tendo construído uma visão holística do objeto de interesse do estudo aqui sumarizado, passo ao esforço de sediá-lo em um arcabouço teórico que lhe envolva em uma compreensão de linguagem-discurso coerente com os objetivos fundadores do trabalho. Julgo encontrar tal suprimento em uma zona de interseção entre a Linguística Aplicada (MOITA LOPES, 2013; FABRÍCIO, 2018) e a Linguística Sistêmico-Funcional (HALLIDAY, 1994), cunhada a partir de uma explicitação dos pontos de convergência e complementariedade entre ambas. Ancorado na rede de articulações teórico-metodológicas que dá estofo à primeira parte da tese, dedico os três capítulos seguintes à construção do empreendimento analítico que Dois são os objetivos fundamentais da presente pesquisa: 1) gerar inteligibilidades sobre como as experiências de um grupo de alunos-professores-profissionais da educação com a violência na escola são reconstruídas em discurso; 2) entender como esse fenômeno é articulado discursivamente com a dimensão da (con-)vivência interpessoal que, mesmo inscrita no tecido institucional da escola, o transcende, humanizando as relações intersubjetivas constritas pela racionalidade do Estado (WEBER, 1994) - sendo tal âmbito da vida humana denominado aqui de afetividade. Com tal ambição em mente, inicio a jornada investigativa ora sintetizada com dois expedientes: a demarcação do alicerce epistemológico-metodológico a dar sustento à investigação pretendida e a apresentação do contexto social e biográfico de florescimento da pesquisa. Segue-se a proposição de um modelo teórico que intenta reconstituir conceitualmente o problema da violência escolar em sua natureza multifacetada, desde suas causas mais amplas, externas aos muros da escola, até suas distintas conformações assumidas a partir da sua integração a esse espaço (AQUINO, 1996). Adiante, articulo tal teorização à supramencionada noção de afetividade, a qual é forjada a partir de um diálogo entre uma concepção de afeto assentada na totalidade subjetiva da experiência (VYGOTSKY, 1994; ZAPOROZHETS, 1977; MERLEAU-PONTY, 1994) e um quadro explicativo acerca da inter-relação de controle e racionalização entre o Estado, em sua acepção moderna, e a sociedade por ele tutelada (WEBER, 1994; FOUCAULT, 2004). Tendo construído uma visão holística do objeto de interesse do estudo aqui sumarizado, passo ao esforço de sediá-lo em um arcabouço teórico que lhe envolva em uma compreensão de linguagem-discurso coerente com os objetivos fundadores do trabalho. Julgo encontrar tal suprimento em uma zona de interseção entre a Linguística Aplicada (MOITA LOPES, 2013; FABRÍCIO, 2018) e a Linguística Sistêmico-Funcional (HALLIDAY, 1994), cunhada a partir de uma explicitação dos pontos de convergência e complementariedade entre ambas. Ancorado na rede de articulações teórico-metodológicas que dá estofo à primeira parte da tese, dedico os três capítulos seguintes à construção do empreendimento analítico que lhe dá substância. Assim, na primeira etapa da empresa analítica em questão, apresento o conjunto de procedimentos e arranjos realizados ao longo do processo de geração e delimitação do corpus a ser aqui examinado. Além de tais decisões metodológicas, introduzo e justifico no mesmo capítulo o ferramental analítico organizado com o fim de mediar meu encontro com os dados produzidos. As duas seções posteriores são dedicadas ao diálogo com os dados, momento em que recortes de minhas conversas com os quatro coconstrutores deste estudo – Michelle, Gisele, Adriano e Gustavo – são interpelados à luz do arcabouço de instrumentos de geração de saberes supramencionado. As análises flagram no devir das conversas uma pluralidade de movimentos de reconstrução discursiva de vivências em meio a episódios de violência na escola. A diversidade de experiências materializadas em palavras, vis-à-vis à variedade de expedientes linguístico-interacionais empregados na constituição de tais quadros narrativos, converge com o posicionamento de Vygotsky (1994) em defesa da plasticidade de cada um de nossos viveres no mundo, capazes de refratar qualquer evento objetivamente vislumbrado com um conjunto incomensurável de ângulos e colorações subjetivas. Ademais, ganha relevo ao longo do percurso analítico o papel de destaque desempenhado pela inter-relação entre axiologia e ideologia na reconstituição discursiva das experiências derramadas em palavras pelos participantes. Por fim, a tensão entre racionalidade e afetividade emerge em algumas histórias como um dos eixos de reedificação discursiva das vivências com a violência na escola, sendo atribuída centralidade ao segundo elemento desse binômio na determinação da natureza das relações interpessoais travadas no espaço da sala de aula. / [en] This study has two main objectives. The first one is to generate intelligibilities regarding how the experiences of a group of students-teacher-educations workers are reconstructed in discourse. The second one is to understand how this phenomenon is discursively articulated with the dimension of interpersonal relationship among people getting along in the school environment. Although still inscribed in the institutionality of school bureaucracy, this interpersonal contact transcends it, humanizing the intersubjective relationships constricted by State s dehumanizing rationality (WEBER, 1994). This realm of school social life here is denominated affectivity. With this end in mind, this investigative journey starts with the outlining of the theoretical-methodological foundation sustaining this inquiry as well as its social and biographic context of development. Next, there is the proposition of a theoretical model that aims to reconstruct conceptually the problem of school violence in its multifaceted nature, integrating its external factors to the set of different fashions this phenomenon assumes inside of the school environment (AQUINO, 1996). Further, this theoretical background is articulated to the notion of affectivity. This idea is forged through a dialogue between two elements. The first one is an understanding of affect grounded in the subjective wholeness of experience (VYGOTSKY, 1994; ZAPOROZHETS, 1977; MERLEAU-PONTY, 1994); the second one is an explanatory framework regarding the inter-relationship of control and rationalization between the State, in its modern definition, and the society ruled by it (WEBER, 1994; FOUCAULT, 2004). After the construction of a holistic view of our research object, it will be grounded on a theoretical framework of a discursive-linguistic model convergent with the general goals of this study. This terrain of support if found in an intersection zone between Applied Linguistics (MOITA LOPES, 2013; FABRÍCIO, 2018) and Systemic-Functional Linguistics (HALLIDAY, 1994), coined through making their points of convergence and complementarity explicit. Anchored on this network of theoretical-methodological threads, the three following chapters are dedicated to the construction of the core analytical work of this research. In the first step of this analytical enterprise, the set of procedures and arrangements developed during the process of generation and outlining of this study s corpus is presented. Besides those methodological decisions, the analytical toolkit mediating my encounter with the data is presented and justified in the same chapter. The following sections cover the dialogue with the data, in which my conversations with the four participants in this research – Michelle, Gisele, Adriano and Gustavo – are interpellated in light of the analytical framework previously mentioned. The analyses find among the interactions a plurality of movements of discursive reconstructions of experiences amid school violence episodes. The diversity of experiences materialized in words dialogues with the variety of linguistic-interactional elements employed in the constitution of those narrative frameworks. This network of elements converges with the emphatic stance taken by Vygotsky (1994) in defense of the plasticity of each of our living moments in the world, in their capacity of refracting objective situations with an unlimited array of subjective colors and angles. Furthermore, throughout the analytical course, the key role played by axiology and ideology in the discursive reconstitution of the experiences, transformed in words, by the participants also becomes relevant. Finally, the tension between rationality and affectivity emerges as a discursive rebuilding axis of the school violence experiences, being ascribed centrality to the second element of this binomial in the determination of the nature of the interpersonal relationships established in the classroom environment.