Violence, education and society: what does the school complain about?

Abstract

We reflect on the violence that occurs in school institutions based on the assumption that when it appears at school in a molecular way, violence highlights the reflection of what is already present in society. With regard to school, it is necessary to think of the violent phenomenon as a reality that increasingly takes over the school scenario and demands from educators, students and families new and inventive responses to the problems arising from the complex relationship to which violence exposes them. Having a more detailed understanding of the phenomenon, we carried out an analysis of the violence that enters the school walls, using a classification widely used among theoretical researchers on the subject: violence of, in and against the school. By studying each of these forms of violence separately, we believe we can cover, although not as deeply as the topic requires, the ways in which violence has been experienced at school by its students and teachers and by the entire community in which it is located. Reflecting on the violent phenomenon and its implications, opening spaces for speech within school institutions so that it can be discussed and problematized, we think is one of the possible ways to overcome violence.