This monograph was developed by the European Wergeland Centre’s (EWC) as a contribution to the project “A systemic approach to peer violence in educational institutions – model and guidelines”, supported by the Norwegian government through the EEA Grants and carried out collaboratively with the Institute of Criminology at the Faculty of Law, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Authors: Felisa Tibbitts
This publication was developed for education practitioners, policy makers and others interested to learn about strategies for preventing discrimination and violence in schools and communities through a whole school approach focused on the “positive values” of democracy, human rights and intercultural dialogue. This approach assumes that long-term solutions to violence and discrimination in schools involves sustainable strategies to foster the well-being of the school community in conjunction with specific strategies to raise awareness about and change behavior related to discrimination, bullying and other forms of violence.