Abstract:
The central theme of our dissertation is violence and education regarding the values at school. This theme is discussed based on the bibliography available and an local investigation. This investigation was carried through six months, with adolescents of class BP1 of EMEF Chico Mendes from Bairro Mário Quintana in Porto Alegre. The objective of that research was to investigate the factors that, in a proposal of education for peace , favors the development of pro-social behaviors in the adolescents and prevents violent behavior at school. The text is structured in four different chapters. The first two chapters are related to the theological-psycho-pedagogical foundations of the research. This refers to the contributions of theory from three areas of research, namely: Theology, Social Psychology and Education Development, especially in the line of educational values and education for peace. Therefore, is decided on a model of education based on the ideas of complete education and education for solidarity. The third chapter describes the course and the method used to carry out this research, which is the qualitative one. The adopted technique is the field research with participant attitude. The fourth chapter is based on the analysis and comments of collected data. For that purpose reference was made to the four parameters worked in the program of intervention. This was implemented during six months with the teenagers regarding their pro-social behaviors: self-esteem, expression / comprehension of feelings, cooperation relations and resolution of conflicts. The research showed advancements in the pro-social behavior of the adolescents, indicating possibilities of education for peace in schools. This could be done by means of specific psycho-pedagogical intervention programs, which are easily implemented.
