Extreme pedagogy as a means to recognize school violence
The article states the need to introduce the course of "Extreme Pedagogy" in pedagogical universities. Such a course will teach the future teacher to respond to school violence as well as recognize a spectrum of related social and psychological issues in advance and act preventively. The concept of an 'extreme situation' in the pedagogical dimension includes a whole range of circumstances related to law and morality. However, attention should be primarily focused on the most dangerous and unpredictable phenomenon - the Columbine Effect, which results in mass murders at school. The Columbine Effect receives different interpretations in scientific and social studies, yet it should be understood both as a subculture and as a state of current culture. The phenomena of school shootings and suicide are studied by psychology, philosophy, as well as other social sciences and liberal arts. The complex of psychological and pedagogical disciplines aimed at teachers' training contains important information that should help the future teacher to cope with an extreme situation. Unfortunately, this information does not constitute a system and is predominantly theoretical in nature. Mass shootings in schools should be perceived as a new threat of the 21st century, which puts teachers in tangible danger. The course of extreme pedagogy, consisting of theoretical and practical modules, can become a training course that will give an opportunity to cope with everyday issues successfully, teach how to identify a problem before its escalation, as well as maintain control in a critical or violent situation