Combating
violence in schools
European Conference on violence in schools: initiatives
to combat school bullying
INITIATIVE
CONNECT from The European Commission
Following
an initiative of the European Parliament, CONNECT was launched in 1999. The aim
of the initiative is to support European innovative projects which reinforce
synergies and links in the areas of education, training and culture, associated
with new technologies
UK Observatory for the
Promotion of Non-Violence - Working with Children ... the Connect initiative
(1998-2002) of the European Commission
CONNECT was launched in
1999. The aim of the initiative is to support European innovative projects which
reinforce synergies and links in the areas of education, training and culture,
associated with new technologies
http://ec.europa.eu/education/archive/connect/selection_en.html
Violence in Schools - a
european-perspective
http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/37/22/34739292.pdf
Background to the
CONNECT UK-001 study Violence in schools is recognised as a major social
problem that not only affects the wellbeing and educational achievement of
students, but can undermine democratic values and education for citizenship.
Since 1998, the European Commission (EC) has supported a number of initiatives
that address the problem of violence in schools. This is part of its programme
of research activities aimed at assisting European integration by linking
different European partner groups and enhancing the nature of education and
educational opportunities in states in the European Union. The CONNECT UK-001
project was one of six school violence-related activities funded by the EC
between 1998 and 2002. The main objective of the CONNECT UK-001 project was to
produce country reports on the situation regarding violence in schools in the 15
EC member states and two associated states at the time of the study (2001). Thus
most European states participated in the project, with the exception of
Liechtenstein, which was not included in the study due to its small size, and
non-member or candidate-member states such as Malta, Switzerland and the eastern
European countries. This coverage afforded a good view of activities across 17
countries in north, west, south and central Europe. The project also selected
three existing intervention projects in different member states – peer support
schemes in Italy, a broad approach used in the Gran school in Norway and the
“Checkpoints for Schools” initiative in the United Kingdom – for enhanced
support and independent evaluation. The projects were evaluated by partners in
Finland, Ireland and France, respectively.
VISTA
A RESOURCE FOR PRACTITIONERS AND POLICY MAKERS AND ALL THOSE WORKING WITH
CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE AFFECTED BY SCHOOL VIOLENCE
VISTA, a training resource that addresses the issue of school violence through a
whole-school approach. The VISTA materials are aimed at educators, non-teaching
staff, policy-makers and parents.
For centuries, violence has been a commonplace feature of school life with its
causes embedded in the social, cultural, historical and economic contexts of its
time. The victims of violence can be individuals, objects or schools themselves,
and the nature of the damage can be psychological, physical or material. Since
the middle of the 20th century, however, violence against children has
increasingly been viewed as a violation of their fundamental human rights, in
particular of their right to physical safety and psychological security and well-being.
In addition, there has been recognition that either schools can help to prevent
violence against children or that they create an environment that reinforces
violent attitudes. More recently, there has been a growing concern to understand
the roots of violence and the effects on all members of the school community (children
and young people, teachers, families) and on the school culture and ethos itself,
and to find constructive ways to reduce it when it occurs and, if possible, to
prevent it.
...violence against children has increasingly been viewed as a violation of
their fundamental human rights, in particular of their right to physical safety
and psychological security and well-being...
The VISTA project is a joint initiative arising from previous work on school
violence (CONNECT, 2002). The training has been developed by a unique
combination of experts in research, practice and training from the disciplines
of sociology, psychology, education and criminology. The VISTA training is
designed to benefit and inform not only teachers and educators but also local
education authorities (LEAs) and policy-makers Europe-wide and, of course, young
people themselves. The project was funded by a grant from the European Union
Comenius 2 initiative grant number 112044-CP-1-UK-COMENIUS-C21
Violence in Schools Training Action -
VISTA
http://www.vista-europe.org/downloads/English/overview.pdf
Goldsmiths
College
«
Understanding, and effective intervention against violence in schools on a
European-wide basis.» (UK-001)
Contact person: Peter K. SMITH
Tel.: +44-171-919 78 98
E-mail: pss01pks@@@gold.ac.uk
Finnish
Centre for Health Promotion -
« Proposal for Mental health promotion of children and young people and
combating violent behaviour of girls and boys in Europe » (FI-006)
Contact person: Ulla SALOMÄKI
Tel. : +358-9-72 53 03 26
Tel.: +358 9 72 53 03 00
E-mail: ulla.salomaki@@@health.fi
Universidade
Aberta
« GESPOSIT - Gestão de Conflitos e da Violência pela Mediação Social
(Escolar / Familiar), Programa de Educação Pessoal e Social » (PT-001)
Contact person: Lídia
GRAVE-RESENDES
Tel.: +351 21 315 01 86
E-mail: lidiagr@@@univ-ab.pt
Città di
Torino
Divisione Servizi Socio-Educativi – Vice Direzione Gioventù e Tempo Libero
« NOVAS RES (NO Violenza A Scuola- partenariato europeo) » (IT-019)
Contact person: Marco BAJARDI
Tel.: +39 011 442 49 59
E-mail: itaca@@@comune.torino.it
International Yehudi Menuhin Foundation
« MUS-E – Source d'équilibre et de tolérance. Un projet européen
multiculturel pour lutter contre la violence à l'école » (BE-010)
Contact person: Mariane PONCELET
Tel.: +32-2-673 35 04
Fax: +32-2-672 52 99
E-mail: marianne.poncelet@@@menuhin-foundation.com
Université Victor Segalen, Bordeaux 2
« Réseau européen contre la violence scolaire. Structuration d'un
observatoire européen de la violence en milieu scolaire. » (FR-013)
Contact person: Eric DEBARBIEUX
Tel.: +33-5-57 57 19 12 ou 18 12
E-mail: debarberic@@@aol.com
