Event Title
Poster: On the Front Lines: Educating Teachers About Bullying and Prevention Methods
Location
Moakley Atrium
Start Time
12-5-2010 4:05 PM
End Time
12-5-2010 5:00 PM
Description
Bullying is a serious problem in schools, and characterized as aggressive behavior distinguished by unequal power and the intention to cause physical, social, or emotional harm (Hirschstein, Von Schojack, Edstrom, Frey, Snell & McKenzie, 2007; Olweus, 1991; Smith & Brain, 2000). Bullying is evolving from the classic image of a big schoolyard bully picking on smaller kids to a more technologically sophisticated model of kids using cyber technology to electronically tease, bully and harass their peers with texting, voicemails, emails and posts on public websites, like Facebook, that are popular with young students. The schools should take an active stance against bullying and this includes training teachers and other personnel to recognize the signs and to intervene in bullying. This paper examines how a subset of teachers recognize the signs of cyber bullying as well as their preparedness to intervene with the bullies and the bullied.
Poster: On the Front Lines: Educating Teachers About Bullying and Prevention Methods
Moakley Atrium
Bullying is a serious problem in schools, and characterized as aggressive behavior distinguished by unequal power and the intention to cause physical, social, or emotional harm (Hirschstein, Von Schojack, Edstrom, Frey, Snell & McKenzie, 2007; Olweus, 1991; Smith & Brain, 2000). Bullying is evolving from the classic image of a big schoolyard bully picking on smaller kids to a more technologically sophisticated model of kids using cyber technology to electronically tease, bully and harass their peers with texting, voicemails, emails and posts on public websites, like Facebook, that are popular with young students. The schools should take an active stance against bullying and this includes training teachers and other personnel to recognize the signs and to intervene in bullying. This paper examines how a subset of teachers recognize the signs of cyber bullying as well as their preparedness to intervene with the bullies and the bullied.