Classroom conflicts concerning rights and alternatives for managing and solving them

Abstract

This article offers some thoughts on current challenges to ensure peaceful coexistence in schools, with reference to the legal framework regulating social relations and referral of disputes to procedures for ensuring the effective implementation of children and adolescents’ rights. In Catalonia the Parliament has approved a general regulation on the rights and opportunities of children and adolescents with references to educational and management of conflicts that may arise in the classroom. The attention of students requires knowledge of the legal framework and protocols applicable to situations of risk. The transfer of data and issuing reports by teachers and managers must meet guidelines in accordance with their professional responsibility. Since the distinction between risk and helpless, with indicators that facilitate the detection of specific cases, prevention is encouraged to promote an environment that promotes equality and peaceful coexistence in the centers. The role and participation of children and adolescents in the construction of their rights emphasizes mediation as a preferred route for the management of conflicts, by their nature, should not be referred to the courts.