Bullying: Effective Strategies for Long-term Change (School Concerns)

✍ Scribed by Tiny Arora

• Year: 2001
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 230
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Bullying: Effective Strategies for Long Term Improvement tackles the sensitive issue of bullying in schools and offers practical guidance on how to deal successfully with the issue in the long term.The authors examine how bullying begins, the impact of bullying on the victimised child, and how the extent of bullying in schools can be reliably measured and assessed. They go on to explain how to set up anti-bullying initiatives which will maintain their effectiveness over the years. The complexity of the bullying process is emphasised throughout, but care is taken to outline clearly the actions that can be taken which will substantially reduce bullying in the long term.The book is an outcome of over 10 years research into bullying. The authors draw on their own major studies and international research to provide real workable solutions to the problem of bullying, which are illustrated by case study examples throughout. The book is essential reading for school managers, teachers, student teachers and researchers determined to tackle the issues of bullying head on.

✦ Table of Contents

Book Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 4
Contents......Page 5
Tables......Page 7
Preface: series introduction......Page 8
Introduction: an overview......Page 12
The emergence of bullying......Page 28
The social basis of bullying......Page 40
How much bullying? Assessment and measurement......Page 60
The experiences of those who are bullied......Page 82
Changing cultures......Page 102
Managing the anti-bullying project in school......Page 119
Preventing and responding to bullying behaviour......Page 138
Researching bullying: where are we now?......Page 167
Conclusions: the limits of current knowledge......Page 187
Appendix: measuring bullying with the Life in School checklist......Page 195
References......Page 206
Index......Page 219