Programa de acción preventivo de la Violencia entre pares fomentando el valor Del respeto y la tolerancia

Abstract

This paper examines peer violence, due to the low application of values of respect and tolerance. Its objective is to know the ways in which interpersonal violence is presented, observing the behavior of the students, its consequences in school coexistence and the problems that are faced in the educational institution. Peer violence occurs mainly in the classroom. It follows, the playground or the courts of the school and in the exterior of the educational institution, it is a complex phenomenon, influenced by factors, social and personal, in which actors with different forms and dimensions intervene. One of them is the one given in an adapted way in the relations of coexistence to the bad practice of values taking into account social and institutional factors and the relationships of coexistence among equals, unlike the traditional approaches in which violence It assumes as a condition of human behavior. In relation to this psychosocial problem, the Ministry of Education has implemented structural actions to combat it. One of them is the conformation of the Departments of Student Counseling (DECE), which develop plans, programs and projects aimed at the prevention of this risk situation. For this reason, it is important to create trusting environments in educational institutions and in homes, so that victims of harassment can denounce these acts and be resolved in the best way through the practice of values of respect and tolerance.