Studies in comparative education

Violence at School: Global Issues and Interventions
Edited by Toshio Ohsako.

Studies in comparative education.1998.127 p.
ISBN: 92-3-185004-0
14,50 Euros.

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It is a disagreeable experience to admit that the school - traditionally an institution for acquiring knowledge, attitudes and skills - can also be a terrain where violence forms part of the daily routine. Violence affects the efficiency of education by interfering with the individual's learning ability, social behaviour and quality of life. Without peace in the minds of the pupils and teachers, the school will fail to produce the human resources the nation so badly requires to satisfy its development needs. Neither ignoring this phenomenon nor condemning it as immoral will make it go away. Since those involved may be unfamiliar with measures to control violence, this book brings together a number of national experiences in violence management, principally from developing countries, as a step towards a qualitative improvement in education.

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I. Tackling school violence worldwide: a comparative perspective of basic issues and challenges by Toshio Ohsako

II. Bullying and violence in the Jordanian school by Zougan Obeidat

III. Violence in Ethiopian schools: a study of some schools in Addis Ababa by Dereje Terefe and Derese Mengistu

IV. Bullying and violence in the Malaysian school by Rahimah Haji Ahmad and Norani Mohd Salleh

V. School violence in Israel by Yaacov Iram

VI. Bullying and violence in the Slovakian school by Silvia Matúšová

VII. Violence and aggression in the schools of Colombia, El Salvador, Guatemala, Nicaragua and Peru by Liliana Mayorga Salas