High School Violence: a multi-case study

  • Jose Luis Aróstegui Plaza
  • Juan Bautista Martínez Rodríguez

Keywords:

violence - critical curriculum - learning social - context - qualitative research - case studies

Abstract

This paper reports a research project based on case-studies related to bullying practices in Spanish high schools. Our objective was to identify different cultural patterns having influence on the emergence of violent behaviors in centers located in economically deprived areas. ëLack of motivationí, ëlazinessí, ëdisruptionsí, and so on, are key terms and expressions that acquire different meanings depending on who uses them. We found two major groups of teachers: those who blame students for what they regard as studentsí failure, and those who believe that a different teaching approach should be employed with those students. Two different concepts of punishment- in the case of bullying incidents- were also clear: punitive or preventive. In the end, we concluded that exclusive concentration on curricular contents could turn high schools in part of the violence problem. As a contrast, identifying social and cultural problems could be part of the solution. 

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Author Biographies

Jose Luis Aróstegui Plaza

Profesor Titular del Área de Didáctica de la expresión Musical de la Universidad de Granada. Es  miembro de los Consejos Editoriales de la Internacional Journal of Music Education y de The Journal of Quality in Higher Educacion. Facultad de Ciencias de la Educación. Campus de Cartuja, s/nº. 18071 Granada (España).

Juan Bautista Martínez Rodríguez

Profesor Titular del Área de Didáctica y Organización Escolar en la Universidad de Granada. Director del Programa de Educación de adultos de la Junta de Andalucía con Premio Internacional de la UNESCO (1987). Sub-director del Gabinete de Evaluación y Calidad de la Universidad de Granada .

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Published

2012-07-29

How to Cite

Aróstegui Plaza, J. L., & Martínez Rodríguez, J. B. (2012). High School Violence: a multi-case study. Praxis Educativa, 9(9), 85–93. Retrieved from https://cerac.unlpam.edu.ar/ojs/index.php/praxis/article/view/500

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Vol. 9 No. 9 (2005): marzo 2005- febrero 2006

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