The interviewee, who is currently at a public school in Western Sydney, has over thirty years’ experience in a range of different schooling environments. She has taught casually at private schools and permanently at public schools. Her preferable classes include senior classes and mentions she typically has a very high number of EAL/D students and students with a refugee background. She states she has worked with very diverse schools and has seen up to 90 different cultural backgrounds in one school. She has been a year advisor for a couple of years and so has worked alongside other educators in regards to student welfare issues. She currently teaches Science, both Biology and Chemistry. This High School has “developed its student wellbeing …show more content…
The schools code of conduct states that “A key part of planning for student wellbeing and effective learning is the school policy for management of bullying and harassment”. The interviewee stated that students are experiencing an increasing amount of cyberbullying. Through her time as a teacher, she has seen the rapid technological change and explains that students are becoming more attached to their phones, causing them to become distracted in class and easily lose focus. She becomes quickly aware of the students that are being bullied as rumours spread in her class. However, importantly mentions, that not all students speak out about this issue. Cyberbullying is a relatively new and serious form of bullying. It can be said it is an old problem in a new guise (Campbell, 2005). On the other hand, Dooley et. al (2009) states that it is a debatable topic whether this sort of bullying via technology is a separate phenomenon or another type of bullying. The interviewee recalled many negative social and emotional effects on both victims and perpetrators because of cyberbullying occurring in the school. Literature reiterates the detrimental effects experienced by victims of cyber bullying (Bhat, 2012). A study by Megan and John (2012) explains how over a quarter of victims did not find support despite the serious emotional impacts of cyberbullying. The school is said to be doing their very best in ensuring the …show more content…
The first strategy is the implementation of a ‘Mindmatters’ team that is run on school premises that has a primary focus on student wellbeing. This ensures students have a support team to turn to when times get tough. This team of teachers began in 2015 and the chief focus is on mental health issues for young girls. An article by Graham (2011) states that teachers are considered well placed to pick out issues regarding students’ social and emotional wellbeing. Teachers are said to be appropriate sites for mental health promotion. Therefore, incorporating teachers on this team is a positive strategy. The interviewee said this strategy provided staff with guidance and advice so they could support the girls in the best way possible. This strategy was based on promotion, prevention and early
4a – After the delivering lessons, Miss Hannan assessed the instructional session and provided suggestions to improve upcoming lessons. 4b – Miss Hannan collaborated with the cooperating teacher for an efficient and effective process of recording and maintaining accurate assessment for each student. 4c – Miss Hannan described that parents and teachers are “ultimate teammates” in a student’s education. She kept parents informed by a weekly newsletter that was written by students. Understanding that parents need to be made aware of their child’s progress, Miss Hannan communicated positive and areas of challenges by sending notes and emails to parents.
If only the students that knew what cyber-bullying was had participated, the ratio would’ve been closer to approximately 50% of victims having anxiety. Overall, both of the quotes show that the impacts of cyberbullying and rumor spreading, variations of gossip, all have the same impacts of anxiety, depression, low-self esteem, and
The American population is becoming increasingly diverse. The immigrant population is projected to have an eighty-five percent increase between 2014 and 2060, outpacing native born growth. Immigrants are expected to eventually make up nineteen percent of the United States population. They made up thirteen percent in 2014 (Colby & Ortman, 2015). Racial/ Ethnic distributions of public school students throughout the U.S. are shifting.
In some instances, cyberbullies have used these and other mediums to post potentially embarrassing photos or videos of their victims online for everyone to see” (Differences…, 1). Bullying has become an increasing problem because of the use of technology as a means of bullying in addition to the traditional type that many people are used to. The effects of cyberbullying can be extremely devastating to teenagers, as stated in the following quote, “Cyberbullying can be so serious that it has resulted in teen suicide” (Teens and Technology 1). Teenagers who are bullied on the internet are several times more likely to commit suicide than those who are not cyberbullied. Cyberbullying is not the only dangerous effect of technology on
Bullying is a major issue facing today’s youth. Over the course of the past few years bullying has become such a concern that many states have adopted laws against it. However, the issue evolves as time goes on and now cyber bullying exists. Cyber bullies can insult others over the internet with no need to be nearby the person they are insulting.
McClatchy writes for a national newspaper in Minnesota and is currently drawing attention to cyber bullying. She explores new methods to combat this new type of bullying, which is derived from the internet. This article provides examples on several solutions that have been employed by different states to resolve the issue. Many state governments have come up with new laws requiring schools to construct policies to counter cyber bullying. The article also quotes a professor from John Hopkins University’s Bloomberg School of Public health; he states that the increased usage and reliance on the Internet and smartphones will have a big impact towards cyber bullying.
The principal has regular meetings with the teachers to discuss planning, data and student success. Expectations are high and the principal expects the values to drive their
How to support: • All the support you give in the above in areas you can apply here as they are all connected and impact on one another. Explain the benefits of working with children: As the saying goes, groups are potentially more productive, creative and motivated than individuals on their own, but both do have their benefits. As a group Group work can help children to gain a host of skills, have positive experiences and be more successful in their learning, through participating with others they become more actively involved promoting a bonding process with other members of the group, they gain a sense of belonging which in turn improves relationships.
This is the first century and technology has never been better. It has become so advanced that it has opened up opportunities for jobs, learning, and bullying. It is now easier than ever to bully someone all hours of the day, and to make the bullying follow them wherever they go. Cyberbullying never used to be much of a problem, in fact it didn’t use to exist. But now with all the new technology, and all the freedom online cyber bullying happens everyday.
The most frequently noted topics of cyberbullying is romantic relationships, friendships, sexual activity, and personal appearance. Every child has their own demons and weaknesses and when one of their “topics” are targeted on an online setting it makes it nearly impossible to escape. Bully’s target kids that can’t fend for themselves
Bullying has been named an “emerging public health issue requiring intervention” (Ansary, Elias, Greene, & Green, 2015, p. 27). As a major problem in schools around the world, the issue of bullying must be addressed in order to keep students physically and emotionally safe. The act of bullying not only affects the well-being of the person being targeted, but it also affects the rest of the school community too. It can be difficult for teachers, principals, and superintendents to make an ethical decision about what to do when bullying occurs because there are misunderstandings about what bullying is, leading to the improper identification of situations.
Technology Bullying, now known as cyberbullying, has left the problem growing, becoming more difficult to understand, and more difficult to determine. An overview of various case studies, statistical research, legal cases, and news articles
“Cyberbullying is a unique form of bullying that has gained a significant amount of attention in recent years.” (Patchin & Hinduja, 2010, p. 615) This type of bullying has become increasing popular in the way students harass their peers because of the anonymous nature of social media. As students become increasingly knowledgeable of the internet and the social media sites that are frequently visited, there are many more instances of bullying and harassment being reported on school campuses. These types of harassment tactics have very strong negative effects on student achievement and development on campus, but they have an even worse developmental effect on special education students that already struggle with feeling of inadequacy among their peers. This is the situation that, as administrators, we will have to deal with and put an end to before something tragic happens if the harassment continues.
Cyber Bullying has become an increasing problem in our society that threatens physical and emotional harm to ever greater numbers of young people. The sad fact is, some youths are so deeply affected by the negative influence of bullying that they have taken their own lives. Although suicides represent a rare and extreme reaction to bullying, it is a real issue that our children are facing today. Cyberbullying is often a factor in young people becoming depressed and having low self-esteem. Cyberbullying has been an issue, in the United States as well as everywhere throughout the world.
Bullying is a widespread problem in our schools and communities and has a negative impact on students’ right to learn in a safe and secure environment without fear. It is a process in which one person repeatedly uses his/her superior strength or influence to mistreat, attack or force another person to do something (Van der Werf, 2014). Bullying or peer victimization is now recognized as a complex and pervasive problem (Beran, 2009). It is an ongoing problem that is not restricted by age, race, gender or class. This behavior generally takes one of four forms, physical such as assault, verbal which involves threats or insults, social which entails exclusion or rumor spreading, and cyber which includes aggressive texts or social network posts