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PDF - Violence reduction in schools - How to make a difference (2006)

Série Réponses à la violence quotidienne dans une société démocratique
978-92-871-5870-3PDF
Type de document :
Livre
Format :
PDF
Langue :
Anglais
Dimensions :
16 x 24 cm
Nombre de pages :
120
Chris Gittins, co-ordination
10,00 € / 15.00 $US
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Most schools are safe places for children but that does not mean that members of a school community live and learn together in harmony at all time. Violence towards children can take place in a variety of forms, including physical and verbal abuse and bullying. This is a practical handbook for schools to use when training staff in techniques for reducing violence.In particular, it addresses two issues: how to establish and maintain a learning environment where violence is not tolerated and how to respond to violence when it occurs so that this environment is protected.Each chapter covers a critical area for school policy, describes the issues, and proposes activities designed to be combined into a training programme to meet the specific needs of a group of staff. This includes teachers and the growing number of support staff in European schools.School leaders, administrators and educationalists should find this guide a useful addition to the resources for reducing violence in schools available in their own country.

Introduction, Chris Gittens

 

Chapter 1 - Getting started

Tackling violence in schools: A European perspective

Peter K. Smith

 

Chapter 2 - Finding out more

The role of a school audit in preventing and minimising violence, Peter Galvin

 

Chapter 3 - Agreeing and applying policy

Creating a school climate of convivencia through whole-school policies, Julie Shaughnessy

 

Chapter 4 -What should be taught

Using the school curriculum to support violence reduction, Julie Casey

 

Chapter 5 - Involving pupils

Developing pupil-led strategies to reduce violence in schools, Helen Cowie

 

Chapter 6 - Protecting children

Making the school environment safe, Mona O'Moore and Stephen James Minton

 

Chapter 7 - Supporting school staff

 A training framework - planting the peace virus  - promoting convivencia, George Robinson, Barbara Maines and Robyn Hromek

 

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