Bullying and deaf students in physical education classes

Abstract

Currently, the school has been the scene of several acts of violence and these one has affected students and teachers alike. Among students, growing reports of bullying and possibly because of this phenomenon came to be treated more often by the media, which also discuss the effects for the victims of these acts. In general, bullying is perceived as aggressive, derogatory, cruel, systematic and prolonged acts manifested in interpersonal relationships among students. Often, bullying occurs due to disregard the differences and the victims are individuals with disability, obese, very high, and so on. Considering this, the aim of study was to investigate the opinions about bullying of students with deafness, Physical Education teachers and school administrator. It is a qualitative research and participants were selected intentionally in the regular school, located in northeast of Brazil. Namely, two teachers of Physi cal Education, the school principal and twelve students with deafness took part of research. All of them were interviewed by one of researcher and the audio was transcribed for analysis. The analysis of content was used for this. The results showed that students with deafness understood that bullying consisted of derogatory nicknames that denigrated and acts of physical aggression between classmates. Both school administrator as Physical Education teachers had knowledge about bullying and its effects on the school community. In relation to bullying and Physical Education classes, the actors (students and teacher) believed that such discipline had characteristics that, if not well managed, could increase the emergence of cases of bullying. All participants considered necessary changes in the way the school deals with bullying and further actions to raise awareness of the school community and the family.