Students perception of institutional violence in the classroom of a Public University in the State of Pará

• Autor(a) principal: Alves, Sandra Maria da Conceição Moura
• Data de Publicação: 2021
• Outros Autores: Silva, Marcos Valério Santos da
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Research, Society and Development
• Texto Completo: https://rsdjournal.org/index.php/rsd/article/view/14616
• topic: Educational violence; Relational space; University; Violent practices.; Violencia educativa; Espacio relacional; Universidad; Prácticas violentas.; Violência educacional; Espaço relacional; Universidade; Práticas violentas.

This study addresses the possible occurrences of violent practices manifested in the classroom relational space whose objective is to analyze the perception of university students about institutional violence which is presented into the classroom and how it affects their lives. It also was studied the influence of the phenomenon in the classroom, identifying the most frequent manifestations of violence, and also trying to create subsidies for carrying out promotion and prevention measures that aim an environment of more welcoming and healthy study and professional preparation. This research adopted a descriptive study way, with a qualitative approach, using a semi-structured interview, with 20 students belonging of psychosocial assistance program of a higher public education institution in the State of Pará. The data analysis was based on categories that emerged from the information provided by the participants of this research. Then, the verbal violence was found as really striking and expressive, although the other violence manifestation ways are also present. The student-student relationship was proved to be the most affected by attitudes or acts of violence, and these violent manifestations are capable to bring different negative impacts on the student’s lives, and on their physical and emotional health, as well as on their studies and relationships with family and friends. Therefore, the classroom in the institutional university context can be shown as an environment where violence can be triggered, which can result in harmful consequences to human nature.