Giustizia e ingiustizia a scuola nelle parole dei futuri maestri

Abstract

The words justice and injustice often feature in students’ reflections on their experience of school, most frequently in relation to assessment, teacher-student relations and modes of class management.
In this paper, we present the preliminary results of a study in which 82 trainee primary school teachers described both an episode of justice and an episode of injustice that they had either directly experienced or witnessed during their own school years. The data analysis was carried out using mixed-mode methodology and provided interesting insights into issues such as assessment and relationships in the classroom, as well as highlighting the need for teachers to receive training in interpersonal skills to complement their subject knowledge.