The Peace Program as a Promoter of Discipline in Primary School Children in Michoacán, Mexico

  • Lucía María Dolores Zúñiga Ayala Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo
  • María Vanessa Vallejo Ávila Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo
  • María Inés Gómez del Campo del Paso Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo
  • Belem Medina Pacheco Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo

Abstract

The teaching profession poses a challenge for both experienced and inexperienced education professionals, not in terms of knowledge transmission, but in the consolidation of meaningful learning, where discipline plays an important role. This work aimed to train teachers in group management so that children, through play and fun, recognize the existence of rules and boundaries in the places they interact and learn to respect them in their interactions with others, facilitating the teacher's work in establishing discipline in the classroom. This intervention took place in a school in the town of Cuto del Porvenir in Michoacán, Mexico, involving three groups of sixth-grade students and their respective teachers, totaling 102 individuals. Playful activities based on the contents of the Peace Program were adapted as tools for the sessions. The intervention was based on the Participatory Action Research model. It involved observer logs, teacher discourses, a self-control program with the children, led by the teachers and monitored by a psychology professional. The results confirmed the significance of the psychologist's intervention as a trainer for teachers, creating skills and competencies for their professional development instead of directly intervening with the group.
Published
2024-05-26
How to Cite
Zúñiga Ayala, L. M. D., Vallejo Ávila, M. V., del Campo del Paso , M. I. G., & Medina Pacheco, B. (2024). The Peace Program as a Promoter of Discipline in Primary School Children in Michoacán, Mexico. Revista Electrónica Del Desarrollo Humano Para La Innovación Social, 11(21). Retrieved from https://cdhis.org.mx/index.php/CAGI/article/view/200
Section
Artí­culos científicos

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