| Summary: | This article presents the main results of the implementation of an educational program for the prevention<br />and management of violence in public schools by teachers of first and second cycle, the program was taught by<br />the School of Nursing at the University of Costa Rica, with a total of 40 hours from January to February 2011. We<br />used various teaching strategies based on the educational needs of this group of teachers, which were shown in a<br />previous study and application of a needs assessment. Attended by 33 teachers, 32 women and one man. Of the<br />participants, 30 completed the program. The main results are as follows: participants were able to acquire, build<br />or improve their knowledge about the prevention and treatment of school violence, and also learned various<br />techniques and strategies for prevention and control of violence in schools. It is concluded that success in<br />achieving the goals set for each of the sessions is directly related to the fact that the entire educational program<br />stuck to the educational needs expressed by the participating population and its characteristics as teachers, using<br />principles of andragogy, which allowed understanding learning as a knowledge sharing among stakeholders
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