The coercion in the classroom: effects of teachers’ use causing school failure

Authors

  • Juliane Viecili
  • José Gonçalves Medeiros

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5380/psi.v6i2.3306

Keywords:

school failure, coercion in the classroom, teacher-student interaction

Abstract

The present study describes the direct observation conducted in three classes of a public elementary school. The main goal was to study the coercion behavior administered by teachers in their relationships with students who have failed school and who have not The data were collected through the direct behavior observation inside the classroom, having the categories report per time interval. The findings confirm the use of differentiated coercion with students who have failed school. On the other hand, the positive stimuli benefit the students that have not failed school. It was also found that the coercion is used both with academic and non-academic behavior. The differentiated use of coercive and reinforcing contingencies with both groups of students, and its effects on the academic and non-academic behaviors are discussed.

Keywords: school failure: coercion in the classroom; teacher-student interaction.

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Viecili, J., & Medeiros, J. G. (2002). The coercion in the classroom: effects of teachers’ use causing school failure. Interação Em Psicologia, 6(2). https://doi.org/10.5380/psi.v6i2.3306

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Vol. 6 No. 2 (2002)

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