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Values in the peace culture: Way to prevent school violence
Authors: José Rosendo López
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This research reveals the contradictions ofpeace culturein educational institutions in times characterized by violence. To achieve this goal, it seeks to build a theory about the peace culturebased on the integration of values that fosters a path for the prevention of school violence. The methodical stancedeveloped of this study, was under the postpositivist paradigm, with a qualitative approach.The research method was phenomenological-hermeneutical. As key informants, there were three students, three teachers and threerepresentatives for 9 in total. The information collection techniques were participant observation, in-depth interview, as instruments the observations notebook andusedthegenerating questions. The information analysis techniques used were categorization, structuring, triangulation and contrasting.Among the findings, informants define school violence as conflictive situations of intolerance between groups of students who seek to impose their dominance over others, and who, feeling attacked or vulnerable, respond with violence. It comes to the reflection that, to consolidate a culture of peace and school coexistence, the theme of values must necessarily be included in all areas of learning, not only at the conceptual level, a typical error that has been evidenced in current education, but make it experiential.