Abstract
This article aims to analyze the teachers understanding about the promoters reasons of bullying in the school environment, how they understand the nature of these reasons, to evaluate the manifestations of this problem and the strategies used by the school to direct conflicts among the students. The interviewed teachers work in grade 8 / 9th grade of elementary school, a municipality located in the western region of Santa Catarina. The empirical basis of this article is an exploratory and qualitative research. They were identified by the surveyed teachers, some knowledge regarding the bullying. It is necessary to rethink the curriculum matrices of training courses for future teachers, linking scientific knowledge and practical issues that emerge from school everyday. Understanding the problem bullying by teachers will affect the way they plan and carry out their activities in the school context.
Keywords:
Bullying; school; elementary school teachers