Violence against teachers in Brazilian schools: determinants and consequences

Abstract

This study aims to evaluate how the sociodemographic characteristics and the school environment affect the probability of violence toward the teacher. In a complementary way, we investigate the impact of school violence on content developed in class, variable related to students’ learning. We use data from the National System for the Evaluation of Basic Education in 2017 and the multinominal Logit and Logit models. The results show that teachers’ personal characteristics such as being a man, older, and receiving low salary increase the likelihood of reports of physical violence. In addition, teachers who teach in classes made up of a majority of non-white, male, single-parent families and low mother education students are more likely to report violence. It is also worth mentioning that reporting being a victim, whether physical or against property, considerably decreases the chances of teachers developing the programmed content.

Keywords: school violence; teachers; work environment