Information about the thesis "School Violence as Seen Through the Press" by graduate student Doan Van Dinh, majoring in Journalism.1. Student's Full Name: Doan Van Dinh Gender: Male 2. Date of Birth: January 26, 1985 3. Place of Birth: Da Loc Commune Health Station, An Thi District, Hung Yen Province 5. Decision No. 1528/QD-XHNV-KH&SDH, dated October 14, 2009, issued by the Rector of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi 6. Changes during the training process: None 7. Thesis Title: “School Violence through the Press” 8. Major: Sociology; Code: 60 31 30 9. Scientific Advisor: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Vu Hao Quang (Clearly state scientific title, academic degree, full name, and workplace) 10. Summary of thesis results: The research highlights the role of the press and the causes, forms of violence, consequences, and solutions to limit and prevent school violence in our country. Through media coverage, readers have gained a more comprehensive and in-depth understanding of the current state of school violence in our country. Urban areas have a higher rate of school violence than rural areas, and this rate is reflected in all educational levels mentioned. Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi have the highest rates of school violence in the country, followed by Hai Phong, Thai Nguyen, Bac Giang, Ha Tinh, Can Tho, Dong Nai, etc. School violence mainly occurs at the high school and middle school levels and is often associated with the psychological and physiological characteristics of the age group and educational level. Male perpetrators of violence are more prevalent than female perpetrators, and school violence often targets victims of the same gender. Research also shows that most cases of school violence involve large groups of participants or operate in gangs. School violence stems from various causes. Besides fundamental reasons such as a lack of attention and role models from family, school, and society, it also arises from reasons like: dislike of someone, collisions during playtime or on the way to school, excessive teasing, personal conflicts, slander on forums and social media, or even cases of early romantic relationships and revenge fights. Furthermore, the causes of school violence are divided by gender; female violence is often attributed to "jealousy and personal misunderstandings," while violence perpetrated by male perpetrators is usually "due to personal conflicts and dislike." School violence manifests in many forms, such as: hitting, punching, slapping, pulling hair, tearing clothes, using weapons to stab or slash, throwing acid, insulting, humiliating, and extorting. The majority of these acts of violence cause psychological trauma, mental distress, and physical injury. More seriously, many acts of violence have resulted in the loss of the victim's life. While the forms of punishment remain limited to disciplinary measures, public warnings, expulsion, lowering of student conduct grades, rehabilitation/detention, and a few instances of imprisonment for the perpetrators, most articles on the topic of school violence focus on offering practical solutions to mitigate this situation. The solutions presented in this research are derived from the actual reality, causes, and consequences of specific cases of school violence. Among the solutions proposed by the press, the three most prevalent focus on three fundamental environments: family, school, and society. Following these are solutions such as: students improving themselves; strengthening the dissemination of legal education to students; innovating the content and methods of teaching and learning; and providing life skills education for those who exhibit violent behavior… These are practical and comprehensive solutions to prevent school violence in our country today. 11. Practical application: The study has provided an overview of the role of the press and the current state of school violence in our country. Through data on school violence over two years (September 2010-September 2012), the research has identified the areas where violence occurs, characteristics regarding gender, educational level, causes, forms, handling methods, and solutions to prevent school violence in our country. In addition, the study also offers several recommendations to help families, schools, society, and relevant agencies prevent school violence more effectively. This provides social managers and policymakers with a stronger basis for developing better policies and measures to prevent school violence.
INFORMATION ON MASTER'S THESIS
1. Full name: Doan Van Dinh. 2. Sex: Male. 3. Date of birth: January 26, 1985. 4. Place of birth: Da Loc commune health station, An Thi district, Hung Yen province. 5. Admission decision number: 1528/QD-XHNV-KH&SĐH. Dated: October 14, 2009. 6. Changes in academic process: No. 7. Official thesis title: School violence reflected by the press media (2011-2012) 8. Major: Sociology. 9. Code: 60 31 30. 9. Supervisor: Associate Professor. Dr. Vu Hao Quang 10. Summary of the findings of the thesis: The study mentions about the role of press media and factors relating to school violence such as current situation, causes, violence types, consequences and solutions to this issue. Through reflection of press media, we can have deeper vision about the current school violence situation in our country. Urban areas have a higher rate of school violence than rural areas, at all educational levels. Ho Chi Minh city and Hanoi have the highest rate of school violence, then Hai Phong, Thai Nguyen, Bac Giang, Ha Tinh, Can Tho... School violence mainly occurs at junior and senior secondary schools and relating to the psychology and educational levels. School violence caused by school boys is higher than school girls and the violence aims at the same sex victims. The study results also show that the majority of school violence is caused by crowded people or groups. School violence is results from a variety of causes. Besides basic causes such as insufficient care of family, school and society, the school violence is also caused by other reasons such as dislike each other, deputes while playing with each other or on the way to school, personal conficts, defamation through forums, social network or falling in love with the same person…. In addition, the school violence is sex disaggregated, for school girls, the main reason is "jealousness, personal misunderstanding" meanwhile, for school boys, the main reason is "personal contradiction, dislike each other". School violence occurs under different forms such as : fighting, punching, tearing clothes, using weapons, reviling…And most of school violence cases cause spychological, spiritual impacts, injury. More seriously, many violence cases causing death of the victims meanwhile the punishment methods still focus on warning students on the whole school, stopping student's study, lower the student's behavior rating, detaining and a few cases of being imprisoned. Most of articles on school violence focus on solutions to avoid this issue. Solutions mentioned in the study are drawn from the current situation, causes and consequences of specific school violence cases. Among solutions given out by articles, 3 main solutions focus on 3 basic environments ie family, school and society. Other solutions include : self-awareness, information, legal dissemination, innovations in training contents and methods, provision of living skills for students who have violent behaviors…These are practical, comprehensive solutions to prevent school violence in our country 11. Practical applicability: The study presents the overview about the role of press media and current situation of school violence in Vietnam at present. According to statistics of school violence for the past 2 years (9/2010-9/2012), the study shows the areas of violence occurrence, sex characters, educational levels, causes, types, solutions to prevent school violence in our country. In addition, the study also gives out some recommendations to help family, school, society and stakeholders to prevent school violence more effectively. The study also helps social management and policy making agencies to have more bases to issue policies and solutions to prevent school violence better.
