Bullying, Prejudice and School Performance A New Approach
This brief presents a new approach to the study of bullying and prejudice in school settings, analyzing the particularities of these two forms of violence and relating them to the hierarchies that distinguish students based on academic performance and pop
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José Leon Crochick Nicole Crochick
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José Leon Crochick Nicole Crochick •
Bullying, Prejudice and School Performance A New Approach
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José Leon Crochick Instituto de Psicologia da Universidade de São Paulo São Paulo Brazil
ISSN 2192-8363 SpringerBriefs in Psychology ISBN 978-3-319-52403-0 DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-52404-7
Nicole Crochick Escola Nossa Senhora das Graças São Paulo Brazil
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To Helena and Amanda: essential persons in our lives
Preface
School education has mainly been directed to the development of students’ skills so that they can contribute to economic progress; questions about citizenship and the protection of minorities, as well as the expansion of the political rights that should exist in a democracy, have also been discussed. However, social violence is a persistent problem in the world. In Brazil, the number of murders per year is equivalent to countries at war—approximately 50,000 people. The frequency of sexual abuse of children, adolescents, women and people with different sexual orientations is also relevant. Certainly, school education should combat all forms of violence, and in Brazil, the number of educated people has expanded considerably. However, violence remains. Two forms of violence—bullying and prejudice— contribute to the evolving persecution of
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