Conflict mediation in school: possibilities to moral development?

Abstract

In order to act with focus on conflicts in the school environment, the state of São Paulo has relied on the inclusion of School and Community Mediator Teacher. Thinking about the recent implementation of these teachers, this research aimed to discuss the possibility of working with conflict mediation assist in students´moral development . Therefore, the methodology used was qualitative descriptive, using survey data, interviewing eight participants, including two School and Community Mediator Teachers, two teachers and four students. The results were analyzed based on content analysis; these results reflect the understanding of the participants about mediation and how it is being developed in the school context, as well as what is understood as moral development. It is believed that research in this area may assist in the evaluation of their work, as well as in the development of these proposals. It can be observed that education professionals feel insecure against interpersonal conflicts, tending to avoid them and not to face them as a possibility for learning and development.