Impacto Psicossocial da Violência Escolar: Sob o Olhar do Professor

Abstract

School is an environment of plurality of ideas and conflict situations. The aim of this study was to assess the cases of school violence suffered by teachers. To this end, a questionnaire was administered to 15 teachers from the municipal and state basic education network in the city of Araras/SP who expressed interest in participating in the study. The responses were completed, assessing socioeconomic issues and school violence. Many teachers reported having suffered some type of violence, predominantly verbal aggression. Other types of violence were also identified: physical aggression, threats, damage to property, sexual harassment and racism. It was observed that teachers from the municipal and state networks are more exposed. It is concluded that many teachers are subject to violence in their work environment. Additionally, the fact that we found a higher percentage of this violence in the municipal and state networks indicates a possible low investment by the state and municipal governments in the quality of teaching work and in the control of indicators that may be linked to this violence.