Teacher empathy and its impact on bullying in schools

Type :

Term papers

Pages :

23 pages

Format :

.doc

Published date :

10/07/2009

Category :

Political science

Sub category :

Social sciences

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Summary :

Introduction and summary
Bullying as it pertains to school-aged children: An overview
1. Bullying defined
Prevalence of bullying: A statistical overview
1. The attitude of the youth in the US
2. The U.S. school system
3. Analysis of the study conducted by the U.S. Secret Service
4. Interpretation of the study by 'The National Institute of Child Health and Human Development'
5. Bullying, teachers and empathy
6. Components of empathy
7. Stages of empathy
Definitions of empathy from well known social scientists
Empathy as it pertains to classroom teachers
Bullying-reduction programs
Siann, Callaghan, Lockhart, and Rawson's view
Statistical analysis on middle-school aged children
Aggressive behavior and bullying in schools
Empathy as a quality in teachers
Empathic attitude in teachers'
Case of a Vietnamese student
The trait of empathy
McAllister' study
Empathy as the most important virtue
Verbal aggression and social exclusion
Lack of 'feeling cues'
Studies on empathy and its effects on bullying in the classroom
Types of bullying tended to be more nebulous
Conclusions
References

Abstract

bullying has been a difficult term to define, particularly before state legislatures began to define bullying in precise language for the purpose of law-making. Oftentimes, it was left up to teachers, or individual students, to express their own qualitative and subjective definition of the phenomenon. teachers usually have taken a "we know it when we see it" approach to bullying. The University of Manchester's report, Harassment, Discrimination and bullying Policy, defines bullying as "harassment, intimidation to varying degrees, taunting and ridicule." The authors also distinguish between two different types of bullying: 1. physical and 2. verbal.

Some cases of bullying may involve more subtle social and psychological variables and cultural factors such as social-group exclusion, hate-groups, overt racism, overt classicism, peer pressure, or the need to retaliate against a person, or groups of people. Some forms of bullying come about through gang/group initiation rituals. This is often found in fraternity groups, where it has been labeled "hazing." This draws into questions of whether an act of aggression is bullying if it has been a part of a tradition or a group initiation ritual. bullying can also be an overt act meant to belittle. harass, intimidate, or inflict harm upon certain gender groups. This is commonly what constitutes sexual harassment, whereby one feels belittled or taken advantage of because of their sexuality.