BULLYING IN SCHOOLS

Bullying in Schools



Bullying in Schools

Introduction

Today, violence in society is very present and the phenomenon of bullying has become a threat to the physical and emotional safety of students. According to Sampson (2002), factors that contribute to youth violence reflect trends in society in which they live and the schools reflect this. So that is why it is important to act quickly in a school context to provide a safe environment. The phenomenon of bullying is increasingly common among young people. The victims and perpetrators are often classmates, who were the focus of acts of serious physical and psychological violence. The acts of bullying in schools have also been recorded several times on media. This paper will focus on the bullying at school.

Discussion

Definition of Bullying

According to Sampson (2002), a student is bullied when exposed repeatedly to negative actions from one or more students. A negative action can be defined as situations in which a student or a group of students intentionally inflicts discomfort to another student, whether in a physical, verbal or emotional abuse (hitting, pushing, threatening, abusive, shouting names, making unpleasant gestures or exclude a group). This is not bullying when two students of the same strength (physical or psychological) are fighting and squabbling.

The fact is that schools are appearing more often in the media and this section of education is of serious concern to all members of the educational community. Indeed, violence in schools seems to have a great capacity to attract public attention which is an alarming situation for overall society. The longer the bullying persists the more difficult is to find a solution and the more reliable the physical or mental impairment of the affected children and adults.

Prevalence

Bullying is certainly the kind of violence with the prevalence highest in schools and affecting the largest number of students, about 15% to 20% of all students are likely to face a form of intimidation of any kind during their school years. According to Tonja Nansel (2001) and collegues, aggression is directed selectively against a minority of victims. The results of their study suggest that the possibility of being targeted as a victim does not diminish with age and those boys are as likely as girls to be intimidated. These results reflect the fact that physical abuse decreases with age, but the verbal abuse remain high at all ages.

Factors Related To the School Environment and Have an Impact on Bullying

According to Tonja, Nansel (2001) and collegues, factors related to the school environment would affect the frequency of bullying in schools. In a study conducted in Toronto in 1991, Ziegler identifies some factors that seem to encourage school bullying among youth (Allen, 2010). This is a small oversight by teachers or other adults during breaks is due to the lack of response from students who are not involved in bullying, the lack of regulations specific to this problem, the lack of relationship between the school and students, low cohesion between teachers and management and ...