2nd World Conference on Educational Sciences (WCES-2010), İstanbul, Türkiye, 4 - 08 Şubat 2010, ss.3165-3169
No school violence prevention or safety program can be succeeded without the inclusion of the related parties' meaning-making strategies. This qualitative study examines how school violence is understood by students and teachers, who are the two primary parties in any school environment. 27 teachers, one vice principle, and 125 students from 4(th) to 8(th) grades from a private school were asked to respond to open ended questions about their perceptions on the nature of violence in their school including reasons and the possible ways of prevention. Content analysis was used while analyzing the data. Integration of the results into the existing school violence program was discussed. (C) 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.