Indiscipline in schools: working with class meetings in developing morally autonomous children

• Main Authors: Carmen Lúcia Dias, Terezinha Ferreira da Silva Colombo
• Format: Article
• Language: Spanish
• Published: Universidade Federal de Santa Maria 2013-06-01
• Series: Educação (UFSM)
• Subjects: Indiscipline, Class meetings, Basic Education.
• Online Access: http://cascavel.ufsm.br/revistas/ojs-2.2.2/index.php/reveducacao/article/view/5062

The problems with discipline and violence in their several manifestations in classrooms in both public and private schools have been a major challenge for educators. Regarding the classroom environment, the purpose of this study was to propose class meetings as a coping mechanism, aiming to build morally autonomous subjects. From the description of situations experienced within the school context by children between seven and eight years old who study in a public elementary school, we tried to emphasize its importance through the analysis of thoughts and the moral development in this group, involving real dilemmas emerging from the familiarity between teacher-student and student-student. The importance of using resources such as class meetings is evidenced in this study which may result in the building of moral autonomy