IN-PERSON: Learning. Life. Work
Abstract
Based on the responses of 1,701 families who live in Catalonia (Spain) and have children enrolled in compulsory education, the overall results indicate that 15% of families have suffered closely from some of the types of violence studied (racism, bullying, marginalization due to disability, and gender violence). While they care about globalization and social issues, only 30% adopt proactive attitudes, and more than half prefer their children to avoid conflicts rather than defend just causes. Affection, over safety, is the most consistent value at home, while preferences for family stability versus financial stability and happiness versus academic success are split in half. Parents believe that they must set the rules, and only half defend that adults and children must take responsibility and collaborate at housework. The number of families who describe communication at home as unsatisfactory is also close to half, highlighting many deficits in this regard, such as spending more time listening to music, playing video games and watching series than talking, or disrespecting each other, shouting and getting aggressive when arguing. More than half of families declare that when solving a conflict with their children, they end up imposing the rules, and those who believe that dialogue is an effective way to face disagreements do not reach the third part. Three quarters advise their sons and daughters to negotiate or give in when they have a problem and, to a lesser extent, to avoid it; both collaboration and the use of physical force are approved by half.
Key words: violence, family, children, attitudes
Maria Carme Boqué Torremorell – School teacher, pedagogist, conflict mediator, and PhD in education. Lecturer at University Ramon Llull, Barcelona, and invited professor in master’s degrees of several universities. Member of the research group on Pedagogy, Society and Innovation with ICTs in the same university. Main areas of research: citizenship education, socioemotional skills, school violence and bullying, peace education, conflict mediation, democracy and participation, and children’s rights. Author of several books and articles on these topics.
Maria Dolors Ribalta Alcalde – Graduate in Teaching and postgraduate degree in Sports Psychology (1998). Primary school Physical Education teacher for the Ministry of Education (2001). Soccer coach (2001), graduate in Physical Activity and Sports Sciences (2004), and PHD in Sports and Education (2016). Ambassador and director of women’s football section at the Real Club Deportivo Español from Barcelona. Teacher at Ramon Llull University since 1004. Research interests focused on sport, gender and education. Participant in competitive and international research projects, including studies in France and solidarity projects in India.
Montserrat Alguacil De Nicolás – Graduate in Philosophy and Educational Sciences from the University of Barcelona (UB). She holds a doctorate in Pedagogy from the Ramon Llull University (URL). Professor at URL. Coordinator of the master’s degree in Psychopedagogy and Guidance at the FPCEE Blanquerna-URL. Researcher of the Pedagogy, Society and Innovation Research Group with the support of Information and Communication Technologies (PSITIC).
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Tuesday 11th June, 2024