ABSTRACT
Beyond Bullying offers guidance and advice on conducting practitioner research into bullying and provides resources to assist practitioners and researchers in doing so. It draws on a case study of almost 1,000 secondary school students over a period of 5 academic years to explore student perception of traditional bullying and cyber bullying, and how recommended approaches to bullying research can be applied to practice.
The book provides an overview of bullying and cyber bullying literature, considering recent research in the field, how this was conducted, and what the findings were. In addition, the case study illustrates how a positive anti-bullying school ethos can be established through practitioner research.
Each chapter will impart both practical and academic knowledge enabling the reader to:
- conduct bullying research with secondary school students
- complete research activities with bullies and victims
- help students to raise awareness of bullying in school
- inform school staff of problems occurring at class level.
Beyond Bullying discusses how bullying research can be used to construct a model of bullying behaviour in the school environment and establishes suitable approaches to bullying intervention. The book will appeal to practitioner researchers in the area of school bullying, as well as practitioners, researchers and postgraduate students in the fields of education, sociology and related disciplines.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part 1|42 pages
Bullying research in the United Kingdom
chapter Chapter 1|9 pages
Introducing research of bullying behaviour
chapter Chapter 2|7 pages
Understanding models and theories of bullying
chapter Chapter 3|4 pages
Managing bullying in education settings
chapter Chapter 4|9 pages
Addressing bullying in secondary education
chapter Chapter 5|5 pages
Investigating bullying in secondary schools
part 2|50 pages
School bullying in the United Kingdom
chapter Chapter 6|7 pages
Introducing case study setting
chapter Chapter 7|9 pages
Conducting mixed methods research
chapter Chapter 8|11 pages
Analysing quantitative evidence
chapter Chapter 9|7 pages
Analysing qualitative information
chapter Chapter 10|10 pages
Evaluating case study outcomes
part 3|57 pages
Enabling school practitioner research