Violencia en el contexto escolar virtual: el caso de estudiantes de quinto año de educación general básica en una institución privada de la ciudad de Quito.

Abstract

School violence is the act or intent to harm or intimidate one or more students. The general purpose of this work is to analyze violence in the virtual school context of fifth-year students of Basic General Education of a private institution in the city of Quito. Through observation in the pre-professionals, it was identified, among a group of children's practices, forms of insults, ridicule, obscene words, which were presented on virtual platforms, which motivated the author to investigate violence at this educational level. The research methodology is qualitative, because the information is interpreted through non-participant observation recorded in field diaries and semi-structured interviews with several teachers, where information is collected on the different approaches, causes and consequences of the Violence. The degree work makes a conceptual journey showing as the main conclusion that school violence is present in the institution and as teachers, they must work together with the members of the educational community and parents to try to eradicate or control said violence.