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Is there a school discipline crisis? : What teachers and students think about?
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O presente artigo diz respeito às concepções de alunos e professores relativamente à disciplina na escola e visa contribuir para a compreensão deste fenómeno nas escolas portuguesas, particularmente nas escolas da Região Autónoma dos Açores. Hoje em dia, há uma tendência para acreditar que toda a escola é indisciplinada, que a escola é, cada vez mais, um lugar onde os alunos aprendem comportamentos disruptivos, em vez de ser um lugar que gera novas e interessantes contribuições para o projeto de vida dos alunos. Esta concepção compreende, pelo menos, dois tipos de perigos: pode corresponder (1) a uma profecia auto-cumprida e (2) representar uma injustiça para com professores e alunos, sobretudo se são relatados casos singulares que, naturalmente, não são a regra. Os dados recolhidos nos Açores, de acordo com os resultados de outras pesquisas, indicam que a indisciplina parece ser um fenómeno circunscrito. Assim, a noção de desordem generalizada nas escolas parece ser abusiva.
ABSTRACT: The present article, concerning teacher and student conceptions of school discipline, aims at contributing to the understanding of this phenomenon in the Portuguese schools, particularly in those of the archipelago of the Azores2. Nowadays there is a tendency to believe that the whole school is undisciplined, that the school is, more and more, a place where students learn disruptive behaviors, instead of being a place which generates new and interesting contributions for students’ life project. This conception comprises, at least, two types of dangers: it can (1) correspond to a self-fulfilled prophecy and (2) represent an injustice to teachers and students, if it is reported to singular cases that are naturally not the rule. Data gathered in the Azores, in line with findings from other research, indicates that indiscipline appears to be a circumscribed phenomenon. Thus, the notion of generalized disorder in schools appears to be abusive.
ABSTRACT: The present article, concerning teacher and student conceptions of school discipline, aims at contributing to the understanding of this phenomenon in the Portuguese schools, particularly in those of the archipelago of the Azores2. Nowadays there is a tendency to believe that the whole school is undisciplined, that the school is, more and more, a place where students learn disruptive behaviors, instead of being a place which generates new and interesting contributions for students’ life project. This conception comprises, at least, two types of dangers: it can (1) correspond to a self-fulfilled prophecy and (2) represent an injustice to teachers and students, if it is reported to singular cases that are naturally not the rule. Data gathered in the Azores, in line with findings from other research, indicates that indiscipline appears to be a circumscribed phenomenon. Thus, the notion of generalized disorder in schools appears to be abusive.
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School Discipline Crisis Teachers Students
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Citation
Caldeira, S. N., & Rego, I. E. (2008). Is there a school discipline crisis? What teachers and students think about?. «Portuguese Studies Review», 1(16), 51-60.
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Portuguese Studies Review and Baywolf Press