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Record Nr.

UNINA9910450447703321

Autore

Thompson David

Titolo

Bullying : effective strategies for long-term improvement / / David Thompson, Tiny Arora and Sonia Sharp

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge Falmer : , : Taylor & Francis Group, , 2002

ISBN

1-134-58020-7

1-280-13852-1

0-203-99482-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (230 p.)

Collana

School concerns series

Altri autori (Persone)

AroraTiny

SharpSonia

Disciplina

371.58

Soggetti

Bullying

Case studies

Prevention

Social Sciences

Psychology

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages [195]-207) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; Tables; Preface: series introduction; Introduction: an overview; The emergence of bullying; The social basis of bullying; How much bullying? Assessment and measurement; The experiences of those who are bullied; Changing cultures; Managing the anti-bullying project in school; Preventing and responding to bullying behaviour; Researching bullying: where are we now?; Conclusions: the limits of current knowledge; Appendix: measuring bullying with the Life in School checklist; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Bullying: Effective Strategies for Long Term Improvement tackles the sensitive issue of bullying in schools and offers practical guidance on how to deal successfully with the issue in the long term.The authors examine how bullying begins, the impact of bullying on the victimised child, and how the extent of bullying in schools can be reliably measured and assessed. They go on to explain how to set up anti-



bullying initiatives which will maintain their effectiveness over the years. The complexity of the bullying process is emphasised throughout, but care is taken to outline clearly