BULLYING & ITS EFFECTS ON TEACHING AND LEARNINGVincent A. Webb Jr.Lindenwood University

BULLYING QUIZ

BULLYING VIDEO• Ritchard Gale (Bully) & Casey Hynes (Victim)• Hynes was bullied for 3 years prior.• Sidney, Australia

• GALE VS HYNES • Short Discussion/Thoughts

WHAT IS BULLYING?

• Repetitive instrumental aggression that results in an imbalance of power between perpetrator and victim.

• Bullying involves 30% of US students during their school careers.

• Also defined as a systematic abuse of power.

• More specifically, bullying is the intentional aggressive behavior that is repeated against a victim who cannot readily defend himself or herself.

TYPES OF BULLYING

• Verbal: Name calling, harmful words• Social: Rumor spreading, breaking up

friendships• Physical: Hitting, punching, shoving• Cyberbullying: Use of internet, mobile phones,

other technology to bully others• Pupil-pupil bullying• Pupil-teacher bullying• Teacher-pupil bullying• Teacher-teacher bullying

WHY DO STUDENTS BULLY OTHERS?

• Abuse at home• School culture• Prejudice (racial, religion, etc)• Sexual prejudice• Its Fun

GROUP WORK

• Students do not report bullying incidents as much as they should, why do YOU believe this is the case?

• 3-4 minutes, come up with about 4-5 reasons why students don’t report bullying.

REPORTING?

• A large number of bullying incidents go unreported by victims.

• One survey stated that educators said that they intervened 75% of the time, but students said they only intervened about 10% of the time.

• Reasons why bullying goes unreported (according to students).• Adults don’t care, they just ignore it.• My parents would just flip out.• I have, they don’t hear me.• I don’t need their help.• I have my reasons.• I will be labeled a “snitch”.• The bully will retaliate more.

GROUP WORK

•What are some effects of bullying for both victims and bullies?

• 3-4 minutes, come up with about 4-5 effects of bullying.

EFFECTS OF BULLYING?

Victims • Anxiety• Depression• Low self-esteem• Suicide/thoughts• More likely to

drop out of school

Bullies• Higher risk of drug/alcohol

abuse•More likely to have criminal

convictions as adults• (Study) 60% of boys that bullied in middle school had

criminal conviction by age 24

REMEDIES/SOLUTIONS TO STOP OR PREVENT BULLYING

• School wide prevention programs

• Encourage students & teachers to report bullying behaviors

• Conflict-resolution meetings

• Get Parents involved

• Effectively discipline bullies

• Educate students on bullying/effects

QUIZ REVIEW

#1. A. 160,000

#2. True

#3. C. 282,000

#4. True

#5. C. Both

WORKS CITED

• http://educationtechnews.com/heres-why-students-think-theyre-bullied/

• http://www.starw.org/b2b/WhyStudentsBully.htm

• http://www.stopbullying.gov/index.html

• Nansel, T.R., Overpeck, M., Pilla, R.S., W.J., Simons-Morton, B., & Scheidt, P. (2001). Bullying behaviors among US youth: Prevalence and association with psychosocial adjustment. Journal of the American Medical Association, 285, 2094-2100.

• Olweus, D. (1999). Sweden. In Smith, O.K., Morita, Y., Junger-Tas, J., Olweus, D., Catalano, R. & Slee, P. (eds) The nature of school bullying: A cross-national perspective (pp.7-27). London & New York: Routledge.

• Rigby, K. (2002). New perspectives on bullying. London & Philadelphia: Jessica Kingsley.