Convivencia Escolar as a Practice of In/exclusion: A Mixed-Methods Study in Chilean Schools

• In Event: School Community, Climate, and Culture: Pathways to Belonging

Abstract

The construct of convivencia escolar has multiple meanings. Some reduce it to school life without conflict and punitive management of indiscipline. The purpose of this mixed-methods study was to understand how convivencia escolar is construed in the norms of schools with high and low levels of punitive practices. Results from documentary analysis show that schools with high punitive practices constructed the school as a way out of poverty through high discipline and values of respect and responsibility. Schools with low punitive practices pursued community values but had previous selection processes. We argue that in both cases, educational inclusion/exclusion is construed

Authors

• Verónica López, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Valparaiso

• Sebastián Ortiz, Universidad de Playa Ancha

• Macarena Morales, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Valparaiso

• Carolina Urbina, Universidad Andrés Bello

• Héctor Opazo, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Valparaiso

• Claudio Allende, Universidad de Chile