CHALLENGES OF DEMOCRATIC SCHOOL MANAGEMENT: VIOLENCE AT SCHOOL AND THE PROMOTION OF A CULTURE OF PEACE

Abstract

How to face the challenges in democratic school management in the fight against violence, more specifically, in the fight against bullying and the promotion of a culture of peace in schools, which are attributions of the school manager, defined in the Law of Guidelines and Bases of National Education, No. 9,394, approved in 1996, is the central problem of this research. The school community, led by the school manager and strengthened by democratic management, must establish projects to promote a culture of peace and combat bullying. This article uses master's dissertations and doctoral theses, news and academic articles, such as "Prevention of school bullying: weaving knowledge of the culture of peace from the perspective of complexity" (2019), to analyze the role of the school manager in promoting peace and combating school violence. Based on legislation No. 13,185/2015, the Law of Guidelines and Bases of National Education (Law No. 9394/96) and the Statute of the Child and Adolescent (Law No. 8,069/90), the qualitative study resorts to bibliographic and documentary research. The results indicate the need for exemplary leadership, safe environments, training of professionals, social partnerships, victim support services and diagnostic research to understand the problem.