Teacher's Perception of the Consequences of Violence and Violence Prevention Strategies in Schools: A Phenomenology Study

Aims: This research aims to get teacher's perception of the consequences of violence in schools and suggests strategies to control it. Due to the complexity of the problem of violence in schools, first, its consequences in schools must be revealed and then ways to eliminate it from the schools should be surveyed.
This study is a qualitative research based on a phenomenological methodology. In order to obtain the maximum amount of information, using purposeful sampling data, 12 veteran teachers in the city of Urmia were interviewed through semi-structured interviews. Discussions were analyzed using Smith's method.
Findings: The results showed that the consequences of violence in schools can be found in four general themes related to education officials, teachers, students and trustees of culture in the society.
The findings of the research on the consequences of violence state that violence in addition to causing inefficiency in teaching and undermining the social character of teachers; it also resulted in the emergence of academic failure or dropouts and had psychological and social effects on students. On suggestions section, the study suggests keen emphasis on changing attitudes among teachers through training sessions, media cooperation as well as carrying out reforms by introducing efficient disciplinary regulations. Moreover, finding the reasons of violence was introduced as a key to solving this problem.