Bullying na rede pública de educação: um estudo no municípiode Mamanguape/PB

Abstract

School violence is a worrying phenomenon that occurs daily and has significant impacts on the lives of students, teachers and the school community as a whole. It can manifest itself in many ways, including physical and verbal aggression, intimidation, discrimination, etc. Bullying is a type of school violence with a specific conceptualisation, insofar as it corresponds to violence committed between students, that is, between peers. It is a phenomenon that generates consequences not only for the victims, but also for the aggressors and spectators of the violent acts. The general objective of this work was to describe the perspectives of students, teachers and manager of a state school located in Mamanguape on the phenomenon of bullying. The specific objectives were: 1) To identify the occurrences of bullying at Umbelina Garcez School; 2) To research the perceptions of students, teachers, and school administrators at Umbelina Garcez School about bullying; 3) To investigate the school management actions focused on bullying. To achieve such a purpose, methodologically, semi-structured interviews were conducted with teachers, students and the institution's manager. From the point of view of the theoretical framework, attention was paid, for example, to conceptual formulations such as violence at school, violence against school and violence perpetrated by the school (according to Bernard Charlot's elaboration), as well as the categories direct bullying and indirect bullying. Among other research findings, it was found that cases of bullying most often affect minority groups such as homosexuals, obese, shy students, etc. It was also found that the measures adopted by the school are limited to cases of physical aggression, and correspond to temporary suspensions from classes and requesting the presence of parents at school. Among the concluding elements, it is emphasized that there is no single way of facing the bullying phenomenon, but it is important to focus on conflict mediation strategies based on sociability relationships, as well as on persuasion towards students.