Bullying in Secondary Schools

What It Looks Like and How To Manage It
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Keith Sullivan - National University of Ireland, Ireland
Mark Cleary - Colenso High School, Napier
Ginny Sullivan - Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand
Bullying in Secondary Schools
October 2003 | 255 pages | Sage UK
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This book is a practical guide to dealing with bullying in secondary schools. The authors present what we know about bullying, describe development issues for adolescence and discuss the social context of the school. They analyze key features of healthy and unhealthy schools, and set out a whole school approach to bullying and other social problems that arise in the secondary school. The authors show that by empowering the bystanders through providing effective teacher support, much of the bullying can be stopped at an early age and a healthy and safe school can be created. Their suggestions are based on student-centered responses and on programs developed specifically to deal with bullying.

This book is written especially for secondary school teachers, administrators and students, and the families and caregivers of the students. It is also for those who train teachers, for counselors and for educators at all levels.

Contents

PART ONE: INTRODUCTION

  • What We Know About Bullying in Secondary Schools
  • Adolescence: `It was the Best of Times; It was the Worst of Times'
  • The Social Climate of the Secondary School

PART TWO: WHY `BAD' THINGS HAPPEN TO `GOOD' SCHOOLS

  • Let's Be Honest about What Schools Do
  • How Teachers Contribute to a Bullying Culture
  • Parents, the Other Victims

PART THREE: MAKING THE WHOLE SCHOOL SAFE

  • Developing a Whole School Approach
  • The Power of the Bystanders
  • Authoritative Teaching Practice

PART FOUR: THE SAFE SCHOOL IN ACTION

  • What to Do When Bullying Happens
  • Using the Curriculum to Understand and Deal With Bullying: `In the Cafeteria'
  • Harnessing Student Leadership
  • Experiential Learning through Social Theatre
  • Supporting Students Through Peer Mentoring
  • Changing the Social Dynamic: The No Blame Approach

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Description

Copublished with Corwin Press

This book is a practical guide to dealing with bullying in secondary schools. The authors present what we know about bullying, describe development issues for adolescence and discuss the social context of the school. They analyze key features of healthy and unhealthy schools, and set out a whole school approach to bullying and other social problems that arise in the secondary school. The authors show that by empowering the bystanders through providing effective teacher support, much of the bullying can be stopped at an early age and a healthy and safe school can be created. Their suggestions are based on student-centered responses and on programs developed specifically to deal with bullying.

This book is written especially for secondary school teachers, administrators and students, and the families and caregivers of the students. It is also for those who train teachers, for counselors and for educators at all levels.

Contents

PART ONE: INTRODUCTION

  • What We Know About Bullying in Secondary Schools
  • Adolescence: `It was the Best of Times; It was the Worst of Times'
  • The Social Climate of the Secondary School

PART TWO: WHY `BAD' THINGS HAPPEN TO `GOOD' SCHOOLS

  • Let's Be Honest about What Schools Do
  • How Teachers Contribute to a Bullying Culture
  • Parents, the Other Victims

PART THREE: MAKING THE WHOLE SCHOOL SAFE

  • Developing a Whole School Approach
  • The Power of the Bystanders
  • Authoritative Teaching Practice

PART FOUR: THE SAFE SCHOOL IN ACTION

  • What to Do When Bullying Happens
  • Using the Curriculum to Understand and Deal With Bullying: `In the Cafeteria'
  • Harnessing Student Leadership
  • Experiential Learning through Social Theatre
  • Supporting Students Through Peer Mentoring
  • Changing the Social Dynamic: The No Blame Approach

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Bullying in Secondary Schools

What It Looks Like and How To Manage It


October 2003 | 255 pages | Sage UK

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Hardcover 31/03/2026 9780761941927 $231.00
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Copublished with Corwin Press

This book is a practical guide to dealing with bullying in secondary schools. The authors present what we know about bullying, describe development issues for adolescence and discuss the social context of the school. They analyze key features of healthy and unhealthy schools, and set out a whole school approach to bullying and other social problems that arise in the secondary school. The authors show that by empowering the bystanders through providing effective teacher support, much of the bullying can be stopped at an early age and a healthy and safe school can be created. Their suggestions are based on student-centered responses and on programs developed specifically to deal with bullying.

This book is written especially for secondary school teachers, administrators and students, and the families and caregivers of the students. It is also for those who train teachers, for counselors and for educators at all levels.


Table Of Contents:

  • PART ONE: INTRODUCTION
  • What We Know About Bullying in Secondary Schools
  • Adolescence: `It was the Best of Times; It was the Worst of Times'
  • The Social Climate of the Secondary School
  • PART TWO: WHY `BAD' THINGS HAPPEN TO `GOOD' SCHOOLS
  • Let's Be Honest about What Schools Do
  • How Teachers Contribute to a Bullying Culture
  • Parents, the Other Victims
  • PART THREE: MAKING THE WHOLE SCHOOL SAFE
  • Developing a Whole School Approach
  • The Power of the Bystanders
  • Authoritative Teaching Practice
  • PART FOUR: THE SAFE SCHOOL IN ACTION
  • What to Do When Bullying Happens
  • Using the Curriculum to Understand and Deal With Bullying: `In the Cafeteria'
  • Harnessing Student Leadership
  • Experiential Learning through Social Theatre
  • Supporting Students Through Peer Mentoring
  • Changing the Social Dynamic: The No Blame Approach

Recent Product Reviews:

Demonstrating how empowering bystanders, and enlisting effective teacher support, combined with suggestions based on student-centered responses, and a profile of negative as well as positive responses parents may encounter when they confront school personnel about bullying, Bullying in Secondary Schools is strongly recommended and timely reading.
Midwest Book Review, April 2004

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