Violence, subjects and education. A study with actors from secondary schools in Ecuador
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violence, education, institutions, standardization, actionAbstract
The article aims to describe the characteristics of expressions of violence in and from educational institutions in Quito and Esmeraldas, Ecuador. To do so, a multiple-base methodology was designed that involved the production of data through qualitative techniques, such as participant observation in the development of workshops with teachers and students, semi-structured interviews, as well as the analysis of institutional documents from 2016 to 2021. The results showed that the actors experience situations of violence in various scenarios and levels ranging from normative principles (laws, decrees, norms, political decisions) referring to educational management to the practices of the subjects in daily life inside and outside the institutions. It is concluded that expressions of violence can be characterized at least on three scales that involve visibility-concealment, lesser and greater objectification and speed of transition-lags in this action regime (violence).
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