The Impact of Violence on Learning

Resources for Teachers and Students

Exercise    • Handouts    • Making the Connections - for educators

Exercises and handouts for teachers and students to use alone or with a group, to explore and learn more about the impacts of violence on learning.

Impacts exercise

ACTIVITY: Mapping the Evidence: Impacts of Violence and Learning - Preparing Your Thinking to Talk to Colleagues
from Take on the Challenge . Morrish, Horsman, Hofer . World Education © 2002

Here are some of the “most important sentences” people pulled out from their 5-minute free writes when participating in the Impacts exercise above.
- View the Powerpoint slideshow

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Handouts

• Too Scared to Learn Brief Notes - for educators
• Too Scared to Learn Brief Notes - in plain language for students

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Making the Connections – for educators

What does it look like when these impacts play out in our classrooms and programs? What are some possible responses that would support successful learning?

Aimed at teachers and tutors of adult learners, these 6 leaflets each explore a different aspect of the impact of violence on learning, and offer things to think about and things to do to help everybody learn.

• I’m doing everything I can: But I’m not seeing the success I hoped for
• I can’t teach the students who aren’t really there
• I find it hard to teach when some students are disruptive
• If I find out about violence, what should I do?
• I’m too tired: I’m not good at taking care of myself
• I despair: What’s the point of teaching adults when nothing changes and their kids are going to have the same problems

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