Abstract
This meta-synthesis is on research conducted by different researchers in a team
research project on learners’ experience of aggression in secondary schools in
South Africa. The objective was to obtain a broader understanding of their experience
of aggression in different contexts in South Africa, as well as possible
ways to assist learners to address the experienced aggression. Eleven completed
research projects were purposively sampled. Data were collected utilising
the following headings: objectives, sampling, research design, research method,
and research results, and guidelines. At the end of the meta- synthesis process
the results are described, with supporting direct quotations from participants
and a literature control. Guidelines for learners to cope with aggression are
described.