Abstract
This study investigated the perception of students and teachers about the violence in school space. The participants were 16 teachers and 60 students from a public school in Porto Alegre / RS. Focal groups were held, with two groups of students and one group of teachers. From the content analysis, four discursive categories were established: Peer violence, Violence between students and teachers, Violence outside the walls, and Coping actions. School violence was described as multifaceted, occurring in verbal and physical forms. Intra and extrafamiliar violence were perceived as related to intra-school occurrences. There were differences in the discussions in each group, however the actions of the school management were scored by all as relevant for the resolution of the conflicts. It is important to emphasize the need for intervention projects that focus on the social relations among adolescents and the training of teachers and the management team for action in conflict cases.
Keywords:
school violence; Focus groups; school.