Year: 2010
Type: article
Abstract: In this article, the authors gauge the perceptions of student teachers on violence in \nprimary schools and their immediate communities. Learners’ exposure to mounting \nlevels of violence and crime in South Africa in general, but more specifically in their \nhomes and communities, affects their behaviour adversely. The data collection took \nthe form of a written submission of the discussion of semi-structured reflective \nquestions in a post-internship oral reflection in student teachers’ internship school \ngroups after an approximately three month long internship period in Pretoria schools. \nStudent teachers believe that school violence impacts on learners and teachers to a \nlarge extent, often damaging the trust relationship between them. In addition, the \nuncertainty of teachers in dealing with incidents of violence sometimes creates the \nimpression that they are uncaring. Students contend that measures such as workshops \nfor all role players, as well as stricter discipline, could alleviate the problem of \nviolence in schools and communities. The place to begin to stem the burgeoning tide \nof violence in society at large, lies with government.
Language: English
Subfield: Social Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W1557739837