THE ‘’GREY ZONE’’ OF THE SPECIAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING [SET]. THE CASE OF SCHOOL VIOLENCE

Author: Maria Drossinou Korea

ABSTRACT

The issue of school violence is a critical issue in education, especially when educators refuse to take care of students who exhibit violent behaviors, even if they have a diagnosis of a special educational need [SEN], such as dyslexia, limiting themselves to the statement that they “have not specialized” in this issue. This refusal is commented on in this paper and attempts to highlight the “gray zone” in the understanding of otherness because it remains an open issue in the interdisciplinary field of special education and training [SET]. The psychopedagogical view of school violence is approached bibliographically and empirically from the perspective of the socio -ecological prism and the broader environment in which people with or without special educational needs [ SEN] live. Therefore, the socio -ecological levels are examined with reference to the individual, the interpersonal, the neighborhood, the cultural and the life course. In the results, the holistic intervention reflects the psychopedagogical approach to understanding otherness, and reduces resistance to the different, ”foreign and strange”.

Keywords: school violence, socio -ecological model, psychopedagogy, holistic approach

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