An Analysis of Family-School Collaboration in Preventing Adolescent Violence in Urban Secondary Schools

Autor/inn/en	Bender, C. J. Gerda; Emslie, Annemarie
Titel	An Analysis of Family-School Collaboration in Preventing Adolescent Violence in Urban Secondary Schools
Quelle	In: Perspectives in Education, 28 (2010) 3, S.55-69 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0258-2236
Schlagwörter	Secondary Schools; Social Environment; Developmental Stages; Family School Relationship; Violence; Urban Schools; Secondary School Students; Adolescents; Prevention; Parent Teacher Cooperation; Cooperative Planning; Student Participation; Parent Participation; Student Needs; Peer Influence; Social Influences + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Sekundarschule; Soziales Umfeld; Gewalt; Urban area; Urban areas; School; Schools; Stadtregion; Stadt; Schule; Sekundarschüler; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Prävention; Vorbeugung; Parent teacher relation; Parent-teacher cooperation; Parent-teacher relation; Parent-teacher relationship; Parent teacher relationship; Eltern-Lehrer-Beziehung; Schülermitarbeit; Schülermitwirkung; Studentische Mitbestimmung; Elternmitwirkung; Sozialer Einfluss
Abstract	The purpose of this article is to describe how school staff members, learners and parents collaborate to prevent adolescent learner violence in two different urban secondary schools. The increase in acts of interpersonal learner violence has a destructive effect on the safe and positive development of young people. Empirical evidence indicates that successfully addressing the issues that can contribute to the development of interpersonal violence requires taking into account the developmental stages of the learners as well as exploring the impact of the learner's immediate social environment. A qualitative descriptive and exploratory case study, rooted in the sociological interpretive research paradigm, was conducted to explore how school staff members, learners and parents collaborate to prevent learner violence at two urban secondary schools. Contrary to current belief, the participating learners explicitly expressed their need for the support and guidance of their parents and also the school staff members in withstanding the peer and societal pressures that can result in their acting in aggressive or violent ways at school. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10