KNOWLEDGE AND ACTIONS OF TEACHERS TAKEN IN THE FACE OF AGGRESSIVE BEHAVIOR OF STUDENTS IN GRADES 1-3 OF PRIMARY SCHOOL

In contemporary Polish academic documents, the pedagogical activity of the school isincluded among the principal goals of the state’s educational policy. Therefore, teachers shouldconduct early education of children so they behave according to social norms. In this article,the author presents the research results on teachers’ knowledge and actions towards students’aggressive behaviour in grades 1-3 of primary school. The following issues were examined:teachers’ knowledge about the aggression of students in grades 1-3, aggressive behaviour mostoften manifested in these students, preventive and interventional actions of teachers towardsthe aggression of students, and cooperation of teachers at school in the scope of counteractingacts of aggression of students. The obtained research results seem to be a reason to undertakeurgent educational actions addressed to teachers, regarding their knowledge of aggression andwork with aggressive students.