Conflict, violence and authority in schools

an empirical observation

Abstract

Based on George Simmel's theory that conflict maintains social relations, through interviews and observations this work seeks to present relations of conflict and violence (strengthening that conflict is different from violence) observed in two schools in different regions of the Distrito Federal (in the region of Fercal and Guará). It is worth emphasizing that the native category of what would be conflict or violence is contextualized in the interviewees' speeches and in the ways they decide as appropriate to manage conflicts so that they do not become hostile. Appropriate punishments, cases of conflicts seen as unresolvable, the question of authority, the family's relationship in the administration and the aggravation of conflicts are addressed in this work.

Appropriate punishments, cases of conflicts seen as unresolvable, the question of authority, the family's relationship in the administration and the aggravation of conflicts are addressed in this work.