Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Cheyonna Edwards
March 2017
Introductory
selected this topic because the strategies that are currently used such
as (school
uniform, rules, talking things out with parents) are not working. From
this project I
worked to find strategies that work and find out what I need to do to
help .
Thesis statement
solve the issue and education alone does not prevent bullying.
Argument 1
Bullying in schools is not getting better, it Bullying includes actions such as making threats,
spreading rumors, attacking someone physically or
is in fact getting worse!
verbally, and excluding someone from a group on
According to the website Stop Bullying, purpose.
bullying is defined as the unwanted,
aggressive behavior among school aged Bullying can occur online and offline. A bullying
children that involves a real or perceived relationship in school often extends to technology
power imbalance. devices.
Bullying includes actions such as making According to Hindawis "Bystander Position Taking in
threats, spreading rumors, attacking School Bullying article, bystanders are more likely
someone physically or verbally, and to ignore cyber-bullying compared to offline
excluding someone from a group on bullying.
purpose.
Argument 2
acceptability.
includes:
the zero tolerance theory backfires
we forget that the bully and the bullied are both children
Supportive friends
Peer mentoring and
peer mediation
Bystander (defender)
training
CyberMentors
Solution: Reactive Strategies:
Direct sanctions
Restorative
Approaches
Method of Shared
Concern
Support Group
Method (Seven Steps
approach)
Call to Action
One way to begin the approach and to help school programs be more successful is by focusing on the prevention of bullying at school.
Schools will need to first, assess bullying at their school. Schools could create an assessment and share it with the students to determine how
They could start by launching awareness programs and thus work to engage parents and youth.
. The whole school will have to work towards a mission and code of conduct, thus building a safe environment. From here, the school must
Then implement an anonymous reporting component allowing those who are being bullied to have a safe way to express and share what they
are experiencing.
The anonymous reporting component could help end bullying. One of the biggest problems with bullying is the fear of reporting the
bullying.
Personal reflection
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"New Evidence on Bullying." Evidence Based Living. N.p., n.d. Web. 01 Mar. 2017
http://evidencebasedliving.human.cornell.edu/2015/06/30/new-evidence-on-bullying/
Thompson, Fran and Peter Smith. "Anti-bullying Strategies in Schools What Is Done and
What Works." BJEP Review :Anti-Bullying Strategies in Schools What Is Done and
What Works (n.d.): n. pag. University of London. Web.
http://www.bullyingandcyber.net/media/cms_page_media/55/Thompson-Smith2.pdf