This thesis aims to describe and analyze the problem of violence among pupils and its connection with gender. The main aim is to explore how gender roles are connected with the use of violence among pupils, through a social constructionistic perspective. Power inequalities are also a great factor for creating violent situations and happenings. That is why I also investigated power relations between the genders in the school…
Contents
1. INTRODUCTION
1.1 Background
1.2 Serbia and the former conflicts
1.3 Problem area
1.4 Purpose and Research questions
1.5 Cross-cultural study
2. RESEARCH AREA AND CONCEPTS
2.1 Defining bullying and violence
2.1.1 Different findings in bullying research
2.1.2 Consequences of bullying
2.1.3 International research on violence in schools
2.2 Bullying and violence connected to gender
2.2.1 Gender as a concept
2.2.2 Findings on school violence and gender
2.2.3 Creating masculinities and femininities in the school context
2.3 Prevention for combating violence in schools
2.3.1 The Olweus method
3. THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES
3.1 Social constructionism
3.2 Gender and power as a process of socialization
3.3 The power perspective
3.4 Violence as a manifestation of gender
3.4.1 Hegemonic masculinity and violence
3.4.2 “Authorized” femininity and violence
3.6 Diffusion of innovation
4. METHOD
4.1 Methodological approach
4.2 Data collection
4.2.1 The observation
4.2.2 The interviews
4.3 Sampling
4.4 Analysis
4.5 Ethical considerations
4.6 Reliability and Validity
4.7 Limitations
5. EMPIRICAL RESULTS AND ANALYSIS
5.1 Description of the primary school….
…..
Author: Radojkovic, Katarina
Source: Goteborg University
Download URL 2: Visit Now
projects, dissertation, thesis, project report