School violence and class management

Abstract

This article addresses the issue of school violence from the perspective of the impact on student class manage-ment. In the context of student class management, student and teacher behaviours are influenced by several factors that make their mark on interlocutors’ relationships. Educational relationships determine positive or negative behavi-ours. Positive relationships generate a desirable atmosphere, and a constructive climate, while negative relationships generate an undesirable and conflicting environment, creating discipline problems. Discipline, seen as desirable behaviour in the classroom, can be defined as a process that determines the resolution of disciplinary problems and implicitly, the prevention and counteracting of students’ violent behaviour.