2025
Conflicts and Aggressive Practices in School Context
Name: Conflicts and Aggressive Practices in School Context
Code: PSI11149M
6 ECTS
Duration: 15 weeks/156 hours
Scientific Area:
Psychology
Teaching languages: Portuguese
Languages of tutoring support: Portuguese, English
Regime de Frequência: Presencial
Sustainable Development Goals
Learning Goals
- Deepen knowledge that allows a scientifically based analysis of the phenomena of school violence, aggressive behavior and bullying.
- Identify risk factors and protective factors associated with aggressive behavior in school contexts.
- Know programs to prevent and reduce phenomena related to school violence and bullying.
- Design psychological intervention projects that make it possible to reduce school violence, aggressive behavior and bullying.
- To know and critically analyze relevant and current research on the phenomena of school violence, aggressive behavior and bullying.
- Develop skills of contextual analysis of school violence and bullying phenomena.
- Develop skills to analyze the relationship between school climate and the phenomena of bullying and school violence.
- Analyze the phenomena of school violence, aggressive practices and bullying from a human rights perspective.
- Identify risk factors and protective factors associated with aggressive behavior in school contexts.
- Know programs to prevent and reduce phenomena related to school violence and bullying.
- Design psychological intervention projects that make it possible to reduce school violence, aggressive behavior and bullying.
- To know and critically analyze relevant and current research on the phenomena of school violence, aggressive behavior and bullying.
- Develop skills of contextual analysis of school violence and bullying phenomena.
- Develop skills to analyze the relationship between school climate and the phenomena of bullying and school violence.
- Analyze the phenomena of school violence, aggressive practices and bullying from a human rights perspective.
Contents
1. General framework
2. School violence and aggressive behaviors: concepts and conceptual models
3. The phenomenon of School Bullying: an ecological analysis
4. School violence, aggressive behaviors and bullying: risk and protective factors
5. School climate, peer relations and prevention of school violence, aggressive practices and bullying
6. Intervention programs to prevent and reduce school violence and bullying
2. School violence and aggressive behaviors: concepts and conceptual models
3. The phenomenon of School Bullying: an ecological analysis
4. School violence, aggressive behaviors and bullying: risk and protective factors
5. School climate, peer relations and prevention of school violence, aggressive practices and bullying
6. Intervention programs to prevent and reduce school violence and bullying
Teaching Methods
The syllabus will be worked in a perspective of critical analysis of the phenomena related to school violence and aggressive behaviors and their relationships with psychological research and intervention.
The classes will focus on the exposition and critical analysis of the syllabus and on the analysis, discussion and reflection of scientific articles, problematic situations and intervention programs, taking into account psychological research. The tutorial guidance intends to follow and support the works and respond to the interests and needs of the students.
Continuous evaluation consists in a written group work, and its presentation and discussion in (65%) and a critical review of an article used in group work (35%). The final assessment consists of a written test, covering all subjects taught (60%), and an individual written work (40%). In both elements of evaluation, there may be an oral discussion.
Classes are compulsory (minimum attendance of 75%).
The classes will focus on the exposition and critical analysis of the syllabus and on the analysis, discussion and reflection of scientific articles, problematic situations and intervention programs, taking into account psychological research. The tutorial guidance intends to follow and support the works and respond to the interests and needs of the students.
Continuous evaluation consists in a written group work, and its presentation and discussion in (65%) and a critical review of an article used in group work (35%). The final assessment consists of a written test, covering all subjects taught (60%), and an individual written work (40%). In both elements of evaluation, there may be an oral discussion.
Classes are compulsory (minimum attendance of 75%).
Teaching Staff
- Maria Madalena Vaz Pereira de Melo [responsible]
Certificações
