The role of intergroup conflict in school-based violence in the Johannesburg Central Education District Schools: towards a strategy for peace education implementation
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2016
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University of Fort Hare
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Faculty of Education
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School-Based Violence (SBV) is prevalent in South Africa and globally. SBV is one of the challenges that the South African education system is facing resulting in a new deep-rooted culture of unsafe and insecure schools. Teachers are expected to teach learners, who display antisocial behaviour. These learners swear, back chat, verbally and physically abuse and show total disrespect for teachers. The presence of such learners has turned schools into battle field. This violence is not exclusively directed to teachers, but learners are also the common victims of bullying in particular. This study therefore sought to investigate how intergroup violence impacts on the schoolbased violence. The concepts, Intergroup Conflict (IC) and gangs/gangsterism were used interchangeably to describe actions of individuals who take part in the social conflict, driven by competition, antagonism and aggression within the school context.
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School violence -- South Africa -- Johannesburg School discipline -- South Africa -- Johannesburg School crisis management -- South Africa -- Johannesburg Juvenile delinquency -- South Africa -- Johannesburg, Folk music -- Zimbabwe, School violence -- South Africa -- Johannesburg, School discipline -- South Africa -- Johannesburg, School crisis management -- South Africa -- Johannesburg, Juvenile delinquency -- South Africa -- Johannesburg
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Mkhomi, Moses Sipho. 2016