3. Theory of school violence: perspective of actors from a Venezuelan school

Abstract

The aim was to build a substantive theory of school violence from the view of school members. The study was developed in a national educative institution in Caracas. The design was based on the interpretative phenomenological paradigm with a qualitative approach. Findings indicate that school community is affected for a set of deficits, social vulnerability and helplessness. The Systemic Violence Theory was presented; it was seen as an exerted force from levels in which the individual has not power decision. It is recommended that actions must be addressed to the creation of integral nuclei of education in which health promotion and prevention services for the youths really work; enhance national programs of school conviviality based on complex thinking along with actions leading to risk and vulnerability alleviation.