The relationship between school environment and students' violence in Palestinian Arab Society's Schools in Israel

Abstract

The study examines the relationship between the school's environment and the degree of violence among students in Palestinian Arab society's schools in Israel. Various studies have found significant relationships between the school's environment and the degree of violence among students in schools. The research aims to examine the relationship between the school's environment and the degree of violence among students in Palestinian Arab society's schools in Israel. The study was conducted as a combined study that connects the quantitative research method with the qualitative research method, which was attended by 20 teachers and 120 students from Palestinian Arab schools studying in middle school in 7th-9th grades (ages 13-15), from three schools in the north of the country. To collect the data: the researcher conducted in-depth, semi-structured personal interviews and used four types of questionnaires, When the first measures the extent of the student's violent behavior in school, the second measures the degree of support the student receives from the teacher and the friend, the third examines the teacher's relationship with the student, and the fourth measures the degree of democracy in school as perceived by students. The study's findings indicated a negative relationship between democracy and the frequency of student violence; the higher the degree of democracy in the school, the lower the frequency of student violence. This finding has a particularly pronounced effect on the democratic school's environment, both on students' emotions and mental well-being and their behavior.