Assignment 3: How Can We Stop Bullying / Cyberbullying Now?
Phyllis Walker
Professor Patricia Prunty
Course: Contemporary Issues in Education
December 11, 2017
Bullying and Cyberbullying
Merriam-Webster defines bullying as, abuse and mistreatment of someone vulnerable by someone stronger, more powerful, etc. (https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bullying?utm_campaign=sd&utm_medium=serp&utm_source=jsonld), and defines cyberbullying as the electronic posting of mean-spirited messages about a person (such as a student) often done anonymously -. (https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cyberbullying).
The term and actions of bullying has taken on a whole new face as compared to what it has been in years past. …show more content…
Face-to-face bullying is still very prevalent within the walls and halls of our educational facilities and according to some victims of this type of bullying, not being able to block this type of bullying and seeing the smiles and grins of the bullies cause great mental duress to the victims. Most schools have rules put in place for the prevention of or to stop current bullying. Some of the following guidelines are used to combat this matter; provide protection for victims of bullying when necessary, notify the parents of both victims when bullying occurs, listen receptively to parents who report bullying, increase the reporting of bullying, establish a clear procedure to investigate reports, assure parents and students that the school takes bullying very seriously, develop activities in less supervised areas, monitor areas where bullying is high or can be expected. Teachers can also be pro-active in discouraging bullying in the classroom by, providing classroom discussions and assignments relating to bullying and violence, teach cooperation by assigning lessons that require collaboration, take immediate action when bullying occurs and confront bullies in private …show more content…
After this discussion, students will work in groups as they prepare posters (one per group), create bullying and cyberbullying scenarios with the correct and incorrect solutions. Students should also include in their discussions how they would stop or prevent bullying of any kind. At the end of the activity, give each student the opportunity to express what their solution is to end bullying. Each group will also create discussion questions to be used when their group is select as panelist or to be used as questions for the panelists. The posters should be attractive and captivating as to draw attention, so that the messages on the posters are read by anyone who sees them.
Cost and Funding for the lesson
This lesson would be treated a regular classroom lesson or project, so minimal funding should occur. All of the materials used are basic school supplies that the school should have probably already distributed to each teacher. Unless the school is extremely deficient in funds and cannot supply the basic pencil and paper, then I could see a little expense for this lesson. Otherwise, at the most I would say the only purchase may be poster boards according to how many groups the class is divided into. Poster boards run about $1:00- $1.50 depending on the place of
Phyllis Walker
Professor Patricia Prunty
Course: Contemporary Issues in Education
December 11, 2017
Bullying and Cyberbullying
Merriam-Webster defines bullying as, abuse and mistreatment of someone vulnerable by someone stronger, more powerful, etc. (https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bullying?utm_campaign=sd&utm_medium=serp&utm_source=jsonld), and defines cyberbullying as the electronic posting of mean-spirited messages about a person (such as a student) often done anonymously -. (https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cyberbullying).
The term and actions of bullying has taken on a whole new face as compared to what it has been in years past. …show more content…
Face-to-face bullying is still very prevalent within the walls and halls of our educational facilities and according to some victims of this type of bullying, not being able to block this type of bullying and seeing the smiles and grins of the bullies cause great mental duress to the victims. Most schools have rules put in place for the prevention of or to stop current bullying. Some of the following guidelines are used to combat this matter; provide protection for victims of bullying when necessary, notify the parents of both victims when bullying occurs, listen receptively to parents who report bullying, increase the reporting of bullying, establish a clear procedure to investigate reports, assure parents and students that the school takes bullying very seriously, develop activities in less supervised areas, monitor areas where bullying is high or can be expected. Teachers can also be pro-active in discouraging bullying in the classroom by, providing classroom discussions and assignments relating to bullying and violence, teach cooperation by assigning lessons that require collaboration, take immediate action when bullying occurs and confront bullies in private …show more content…
After this discussion, students will work in groups as they prepare posters (one per group), create bullying and cyberbullying scenarios with the correct and incorrect solutions. Students should also include in their discussions how they would stop or prevent bullying of any kind. At the end of the activity, give each student the opportunity to express what their solution is to end bullying. Each group will also create discussion questions to be used when their group is select as panelist or to be used as questions for the panelists. The posters should be attractive and captivating as to draw attention, so that the messages on the posters are read by anyone who sees them.
Cost and Funding for the lesson
This lesson would be treated a regular classroom lesson or project, so minimal funding should occur. All of the materials used are basic school supplies that the school should have probably already distributed to each teacher. Unless the school is extremely deficient in funds and cannot supply the basic pencil and paper, then I could see a little expense for this lesson. Otherwise, at the most I would say the only purchase may be poster boards according to how many groups the class is divided into. Poster boards run about $1:00- $1.50 depending on the place of