ABSTRACT
In addition to understanding identity-based bullying as a social justice issue that impacts everyone within a system. Britney G Brinkman explores this phenomenon using a social constructivist framework. She explains how she uses the social constructivist framework to expand upon the social-ecological model, which has been commonly utilized in anti-bullying work. She examines how identity-based bullying influences the development of discrimination among children and how it impacts children's identity formation. Finally, she recognize the many ways children are engaged in social change work and encourage educators, scholars, and parents to consider the role children can play in eradicating identity-based bullying. This chapter explores how identity-based bullying is a mechanism that reflects and reinforces discrimination and to examine how identity-based bullying impacts the identity development of children. The social constructivist approach asserts that children are not born to engage in prejudice but rather are taught, reinforced, and rewarded for patterns of thinking and acting that value some individual's experiences over others.
