Os sentidos e significados para jovens estudantes acerca das violências em uma escola do município de Rio Verde - Goiás

Abstract

This is an empirical, qualitative study, linked to the Education, Society and Culture Research Line of the Postgraduate Program in Education (PPGE) at the Pontifical Catholic University of Goiás (PUC Goiás), which aimed to understand the meanings and significance for students of the violence experienced at school in the municipality of Rio Verde. This qualitative research is based on the method of historical-dialectical materialism and the social-historical perspective of Lev Seminovich Vygotsky (1896-1934). Data was collected through semi-structured interviews with students in the 9th grade. The systematization and analysis of the data was based on the methodological procedure called Nuclei of Meaning. The study began by studying the knowledge of theses and dissertations already produced on the subject of violence in schools. It then looks at the conceptualization of violence and violence in schools, in its many manifestations. It also analyzes the legal provisions for dealing with violence in schools. Subsequently, it presents the meanings and significance of violence for the students taking part in the research, using the nuclei of meanings. In this way, the research sought to broaden the discussion about violence in Brazilian schools. The results point to the need to put existing public policies into effect and to increase interaction between the school community, students, fathers, mothers, guardians and teachers, in order to find ways of dealing with violence in schools. Thus, this research aims to support authors in the fight for public policies that specifically address violence in schools to guarantee the rights of all to remain in school without violence