Engaging critical emancipatory research as an alternative to mitigate school violence in South Africa

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ID6142857
AutoresBekithemba Dube (0000-0002-6780-5669, University of the Free State), Dipane Hlalele (0000-0003-4455-4876, University of KwaZulu-Natal)
Ano2018
Volume7
Fascículo2
Páginas74-86
Data de publicação2018-09-01
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoEducational Research for Social Change (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 2221-4070 • E-ISSN: 2221-4070
EditoraAcademy of Science of South Africa (PUBLISHER • ZA)
DOI10.17159/2221-4070/2018/v7i2a5
OpenAlexW2898651017
SciELOS2221-40702018000300006
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas7
Referências citadas3

In this theoretical paper, we contribute to ongoing narratives that attempt to mitigate and curb school violence. We do this by critiquing school relations through the lens of critical emancipatory research. Critical emancipatory research has the impetus to map skewed relations that exacerbate school violence in South African schools. In order to achieve our aim, we highlight various principles of critical emancipatory research that position the theory so that it relates to rebuilding school safety to achieve better schools for all stakeholders. The principles of social justice and social transformation, and the necessity to eliminate false consciousness, are discussed as critical elements of mitigating school violence. The article argues that critical emancipatory research, when it is used to frame relationships within the school milieu, has the impetus to forge new dimensions of, and responses to, conflict resolution-and to lessen school violence

Economic growth · Economics · Political science · School violence · Sociology · Children's Rights and Participation · Psychology · Social Work Education and Practice · Teacher Education and Leadership Studies · Social Psychology

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