Resumo

LITICHEVER, Lucía  e  FRIDMAN, Denise Laura. School harmony before and during the pandemic. Analysis of the school experience and participation practices from the students’ voices. Sinéctica [online]. 2021, n.57, e1248.  Epub 13-Dez-2021. ISSN 2007-7033.  https://doi.org/10.31391/s2007-7033(2021)0057-010.

The article analyzes the implementation modes of the harmony system within public and private high schools in the City of Buenos Aires, Argentina, from the students’ perspective. A mixed methodology was combined by applying an online survey, interviews and focus groups. The research addressed living aspects prior to the pandemic and the new situations that arose during distance education. Students expressed disparity in the schools’ rules use -often discretionary as a common norm-and sought participation in the rule’s development process and dialogue to resolve conflicts. It is observed that during distance education in the context of the pandemic, the links between students have strengthened and the most recurrent conflicts relate to academic overload.

Palavras-chave : school harmony; high school; students; sanctions; pandemic.