Social imaginaries, critical thinking, and nonviolence, a way to deal with school

Abstract

The main goal is to develop civic competence among students to lead them to respect diversity in the educational community, acknowledging its members by their status and circumstances, allowing the acceptance and eradication of school bullying, inside a public institution of Quindío, Colombia. Polls, discussion groups, interviews and workshops were held. Students -between 11 and 14 -, their parents and teachers participated. The results show how spectators of bullying can transform the social imaginaries that enable the intimidation in a nonviolent way.