Teachers should also undergo
Teachers should also undergo in-service training conducted by competent trainers on peer bullying because it is apparent that the teachers’ failure to develop anti-bullying activities is related to insufficient training in the area (Sahin, 2010). The training should further include activities that improve the teachers’ confidence levels in dealing with bullying. Teachers should also voluntarily take part in developing anti-bullying programs. Parents should further monitor their children’s online activities and establish policies on technology utilization to end cyber bullying.
Summary and Conclusions
Bullying has probably existed throughout human history, but has been documented for hundreds of years. It is devastating if left unaddressed with increased cases of homicides and suicides taking toll. Definitions of bullying vary somewhat from culture to culture, but it is generally agreed that it can involve much more than the well-known physical aggression and recently cyber bullying has become frequent and sometimes deadly. It is widely accepted that bullying is underreported, but reports indicate an incidence of 15-20% in most countries. The effects of bullying can be immediately tragic (death), but can include poorer grades as well as sociological and psychological effects that can last for a lifetime. Generally, there have been reduced bullying incidents following bullying interventions such as the passing of anti-bullying laws, adoption of whole-school approach programs and increased stakeholder involvement in ending the practice. In conclusion, it is a wakeup call for every individual connected to schools to be actively involved in preventing bullying to make schools safe for children. The parents must also be open and monitor their children to look for signs of bullying rather depending on teachers to take on full responsibility of prevention of bullying.
Methods
The main purpose of this study will be to compare evaluate how students and teachers perceive bullying. Therefore, descriptive research will be employed. Descriptive research is suitable while conducting a study on topics relating to attitudes, perceptions, and knowledge. This technique needs no experimentation but rather grants presents a picture about the conditions that exist at the time of the survey. manner in which activities are. It also forms the base for building other follow-up studies. A small sample will be used due to limited financial and time constraints. This will almost ensure that no differences will be detected despite their possible presence will be detected. Additionally, a shortened short survey will be developed. adopted. This pilot study will be exploratory. Formal research will might be conducted after completing the research if it will be necessary. this pilot study if it seems warranted.
Subjects
All subjects will be drawn from Happy Hollow Elementary School school, Arkansas. This survey will consider Five students participants from grades 3 to 5 will serve as subjects. The students in grade 2 and below will be excluded from the survey. It is difficult to acquire reliable information from young children because their reading capacities are still low. Five teachers, also from grades 3-5, will also be included in the survey and will constitute the comparison group. Teachers’ who teach the selected classes will only be considered to take part in the study. Convenience sampling will be used for selection of subjects in this pilot study. Random sampling will be used to obtain the required samples from the target population. The demographic data on the respondents’ sex, age, and race will not be collected to conserve their anonymities.
