School Bullying: Insights and Perspectives - Hardcover

Sharp, Sonia; Smith, Peter K; Smith, Peter

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 041510372X ISBN 13: 9780415103725

Publisher: Routledge, 1994

Synopsis

Gives a succinct and authoritative account of research into the nature and extent of bullying in schools, evaluating the success of different approaches to the problem.

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Review:

"These two excellent companion volumes, based on research work in Sheffield, provide an invaluable source of information on international research findings about bullying and on intervention strategies which have been tried and tested in both primary and secondary schools. Together they make essential reading for all those concerned with this pervasive problem which exist in most, if not all, schools in Britain."
-Times Educational Supplement, UK

Synopsis:

School Bullying: Insights and Perspectives examines the nature and extent of bullying in schools and gives a succinct and authoritative account of research into ways of reducing this problem. Here, for the first time in the UK, is a comprehensive evaluation of the success of different approaches, such as: developing a whole school policy tackling bullying through classroom and curriculum materials training lunchtime supervisors improving the playground environment, and working directly with pupils involved in bullying situations This book and the companion volume Tackling Bullying in Your School , which gives detailed guidance on implementing these strategies, will be essential reading for all professionals wishing to reduce the problem of bullying in schools.

About this edition

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 1994
• ISBN 10: 041510372X
• ISBN 13: 9780415103725
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 276