Strategies to address learner aggression in rural South African secondary schools

Koers - Bulletin for Christian Scholarship

 
 
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Title Strategies to address learner aggression in rural South African secondary schools
 
Creator Singh, Gunam D. Steyn, Gertruida M.
 
Subject Education Learner discipline; Aggression; Managing aggression; Disruptive learners; Disorderly conduct
Description Managing learner aggression in the school system is central to learners’ academic performance and holistic development. In order to manage learner aggression, it is important to understand the contributory factors and the forms of learner aggression. This article reports on an investigation of factors contributing to learner aggression in rural secondary schools in the Empangeni district of KwaZulu-Natal in order to identify the forms of learner aggression and to establish strategies to manage such aggression in these secondary schools. A qualitative research design was adopted to investigate the phenomenon through an interview process with participants from five rural secondary schools. The findings showed that the factors contributing to learner aggression include family factors, environmental factors and school-related factors whilst the most common forms of learner aggression in schools are verbal aggression, physical aggression and bullying. The article concludes with the role that the school, parents and the Department of Education can play in addressing learner aggression in schools.
 
Publisher AOSIS
 
Contributor None
Date 2013-11-08
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion — Interviews
Format text/html application/octet-stream text/xml application/pdf
Identifier 10.4102/koers.v78i3.457
 
Source Koers - Bulletin for Christian Scholarship/Bulletin vir Christelike Wetenskap; Vol 78, No 3 (2013); 8 pages 2304-8557 0023-270X
 
Language eng
 
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Coverage Rural town, South Africa None Principals: 40 - 60; Teachers: 23 - 59; Learners; 16 - 18; male and female; Indian
Rights Copyright (c) 2013 Gunam D. Singh, Gertruida M. Steyn https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
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