Violence in schools is one of the most challenging issues faced by learners in South Africa. In o... more Violence in schools is one of the most challenging issues faced by learners in South Africa. In order to support or reject the findings of the literature study, a qualitative research was conducted. Empirical data from John Langalibalele High School in Durban were collected by means of individual interviews. Ten teachers were interviewed in order to determine the causes and means of prevention of school-based violence. Through qualitative results, this paper found that teachers consider the causes of school violence to be more external than internal. As solutions to solve the problems of violence in school, teachers see the school as an agent of liaison with the family and society. They seem to be ready to collaborate with different levels of society to find solutions to the problems of school-based violence. These results are supported by the conceptual framework of this study, Shared Responsibility Model, that illustrate that the school does not live in isolation, it shares and lives what society experiences, and all the actors must be implicated to resolve the issue of school violence.
Violence in schools is one of the most challenging issues faced by learners in South Africa. In o... more Violence in schools is one of the most challenging issues faced by learners in South Africa. In order to support or reject the findings of the literature study, a qualitative research was conducted. Empirical data from John Langalibalele High School in Durban were collected by means of individual interviews. Ten teachers were interviewed in order to determine the causes and means of prevention of school-based violence. Through qualitative results, this paper found that teachers consider the causes of school violence to be more external than internal. As solutions to solve the problems of violence in school, teachers see the school as an agent of liaison with the family and society. They seem to be ready to collaborate with different levels of society to find solutions to the problems of school-based violence. These results are supported by the conceptual framework of this study, Shared Responsibility Model, that illustrate that the school does not live in isolation, it shares and lives what society experiences, and all the actors must be implicated to resolve the issue of school violence.
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