Welcome to my PRESENTATION

1. Welcome to my PRESENTATION

2. VIOLENCE • definition of violence • different causes of violence violence in school

3. Definition of Violence Basically we distinguish between Physiological violence – Bullying Psychological violence - Mobbing Combination of Bullying and Mobbing

4. Physiological Violence classical types of violence: violence in personam violence against things - vandalism

5. Psycholocical violence defamation and verbal slander discrimination -> „verbal contest“ psychological violence is often the beginning of a dispute results in physiolocical violence www.immobilein-berger.at"

6. possible causes of violence social circumstances • financial problems • bad education in combination with violence • bad environment – e.g. parents, friends, classmates

7. other causes • violence among friends (peer pressure) • Frustration • computer / internet / TV (glorification of violence)

8. Violence at school

9. Massacres at schools Littelton ( USA ) 16 people died April, 1999 Erfurt ( GER ) 16 people died April, 2002

10. Violence at Austrian schools Terms: „bullying“ or „mobbing“ have been used more frequently in discussion about violence in school some people regard it as a subset of violence it focuses mainly on group activities

11. Different types of violence at school • students against students 38 % • students against teacher 6 % • teacher against students 4% • students against equipment and things 52%

12. Violence at school based on - verbal slander, discrimination or defamation • physical attacks, threatening with weapons, blackmailing - vandalism

13. General tendencies • serious criminally relevant crimes occur very rarley and are actually not typical of violence at Austrian schools • violent behaviour at schools is most common in the age group of 13 – 15 year old pupils • the typical form of violence at Austrian schools is verbal violence

14. Causes • family - parental violence - family is severely underprivileged • school - low educational level / quality - negative atmosphere / authoritarian educational style

15. personality - high need for stimulation - low inhibition threshold • others - violent peer-groups and social – pressure - influence of media

16. What we can do against vilolence at schools teachers : • contact parents • admit pupils into one`s confidence • contact school psychologist • extra – curricular meetings

17. pupils: • to confide in parents and teachers • accept somebody as an arbitrator parents: • contact the teachers regularly • talk about different problems • control the influence of media • to check circle of friends

18. Thank you for your attention!