Aggressiveness: exclusionary factor at school

Abstract

This research focuses on Education for Peace. It is a field-qualitative, participant-action research, with a reflexive, critical orientation. It intends to compare aggressiveness in three schools in Lara state, Venezuela. First, a diagnosis was made. Then, an Action Plan to reduce aggressive behavior based on social interaction was designed, applied and evaluated. The theory supporting the investigation is that of Bandura's Fundamentals (1981) and Rogers (1994). The actors of the research were 90, organized in nine groups, three per school, composed of teachers, students and parents. Participant observation, interview in depth and note-taking were used as data collection techniques. The outcomes expressed high levels of aggressiveness in 90% of actors. Through the researchers' intervention, a social, fair, balanced and human development on students was reinforced, for them to live in a caring environment, and improve the relationship among teachers, students and parents, making sense to their long term projects.