The purpose of this study is to closely examine teachers' competency in prevention and intervention of school violence based on teachers' experience and students' experience. In order to achieve this, 10 teachers and 10 students (victims and perpetra ...
The purpose of this study is to closely examine teachers' competency in prevention and intervention of school violence based on teachers' experience and students' experience. In order to achieve this, 10 teachers and 10 students (victims and perpetrators) who have experienced school violence and how it was handled by the school were interviewed. Afterwards, the interviews were analyzed by Consensual Qualitative Research (CQR).
The results of the study, that reported importantly according to the perspectives of teachers, are the following; To prevent school violence, it was turned out to be important, understanding students, building positive relationship with student, communication with parents for a trust relationship, providing ongoing prevention education of school violence programs for each class, managing usual activities for violence prevention, creating a nonviolent school climate through managing problem students. To cope with school violence, following things are required, like helping student-student relations, counseling skills with parents focused on students’ growth, proactive attitudes and official case handling, and a network between teachers and specialists. For afterward managing, teachers need self-knowledge and professionality development.
According to the perspectives of students, it is necessary for teachers to have awareness and attitudes in acknowledging the seriousness of even the minor school violence cases and trying to resolve those cases actively and properly, to have methods to intervene in an educational way to follow the principles of the procedures, to have skills and competence to counsel, mediate and supervise relevant students, to establish positive relationships with students, and to have leadership and class managing skills to prevent school violence.
Both teachers and students were perceived more importantly about teachers' competency to cope with school violence than teachers' competency to prevent school violence.
The differences between the perspectives of students and the perspectives of teachers are as follows. According to the perspectives of teachers, it is important, communication with parents for a trust relationship, counseling skills with parents, self-knowledge and self managing. According to the perspectives of students, it is important for teachers, to have awareness and attitudes in school violence cases and trying to resolve, to have methods to intervene relevant students in an educational way, to have skills and competence to supervise relevant students.