Perceptions of middle school teachers on teacher bullying
Date
2014-04Author
Young, Ethan
Meteraud, Lindsey
Publisher
University of Wisconsin--Stout. Research Services
Advisor(s)
Wolfgram, Susan M.
Metadata
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Many individuals experience bullying; however, over 42% of
college students surveyed reported that their worst experience
of bullying in primary through high school was perpetrated by a
teacher (Pottinger & Stair, 2009). Informed by current literature
and Symbolic Interactionism Theory, we hypothesized that
teachers would acknowledge traditional student-student bullying
in their school but would lack awareness of specific occurrences
of teacher bullying. Strong support was found for this hypothesis.
This non-random pilot study surveyed the attitudes of middle
school teachers about other teachers who exhibit bully-like
behavior towards students. Data was analyzed using the
following descriptive statistics: frequencies, mean comparisons,
correlations, and Cronbach’s alpha reliability analysis. The
implications of this study are to provide awareness of teacher
bullying and to promote future research of this under-studied
type of bullying. Future research recommendations include a
larger and random national sample using mixed methods for
capturing the lived experience of the teachers in addition to
survey data.
Subject
teachers on bullies
bullying prevention
school bullying
Permanent Link
http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1793/77428Description
Research article with tables.
Citation
Meteraud, L. & Young, E. (2014). Perceptions of middle school teachers on teacher bullying. University of Wisconsin-Stout Journal of Student Research, 14, 229-241.