DATES & LOCATIONS
22-26 May 2023 - Malaga, Spain
DONE
23-27 October 2023 - Antalya, Turkey
CONFIRMEDCONTENT
STOP BULLYING IN SCHOOLS AND CREATE A MORE PEACEFUL ATMOSPHERE
This course is a kind of teacher training course which aims to support school staffs with the understanding of the reasons underneath the bullying at schools, ways of creating a more peaceful atmosphere to enhance more prosperous learning and teaching process.
There is new concern about school violence, and police have assumed greater responsibility for helping school officials ensure students’ safety.
Perhaps more than any other school safety problem, bullying affects students’ sense of security. The most effective ways to prevent or lessen bullying require school administrators’ commitment and intensive effort; police interested in increasing school safety can use their influence to encourage schools to address the problem.
Bullying is widespread and perhaps the most underreported safety problem at school in Europe and in the World as a whole. Contrary to popular belief, bullying occurs more often at school than on the way to and from there. Once thought of as simply a rite of passage or relatively harmless behavior that helps build young people’s character, bullying is now known to have long-lasting harmful effects, for both the victim and the bully. Bullying is often mistakenly viewed as a narrow range of antisocial behavior confined to elementary school recess yards.
International research suggests that bullying is common at schools and occurs beyond elementary school; bullying occurs at all grade levels, although most frequently during elementary school. It occurs slightly less often in middle schools, and less so, but still frequently, in high schools. High school freshmen are particularly vulnerable.
Dan Olweus, a researcher in Norway, conducted groundbreaking research in the 1970s exposing the widespread nature and harm of school bullying. Bullying is well documented in Europe, Canada, Japan, Australia, and New Zealand, providing an extensive body of information on the problem. Research from some countries has shown that, without intervention, bullies are much more likely to develop a criminal record than their peers, and bullying victims suffer psychological harm long after the bullying stops.
Key Issues and Concerns are Definition of Bullying, Related Problems, Extent of Bullying Problem, A threshold Problem: The reluctance to Report, Bullying Behavior, Bullies, Incidents of Bullying, Victims of Bullying, Consequences of Bullying, Chronic Victims of Bullying, Ways of preventing bullying in schools and creating more secure and safe environment.
Learning Outcomes:
All the participants will:
- Understand terms of bullying,
- Identify bullying behaviors, the victims
- Learn about the pedagogical approaches to deal with the victims of bullying as well as attackers
- Discuss and develop school plan to prevent bullying
Objectives of the Course:
- Understanding the terms of bullying in schools
- Recognizing bullying behavior
- Getting aware of related problems
- Identifying the incidents and consequences of Bullying
- Getting an awareness related to the chronic victims of Bullying
- Developing a school policy plan on preventing bullying at schools
- Introducing pedagogical approaches to deal with the victims of bullying as well as attackers
Methodology:
- practical and skills-based -interactive learning,
- immediate feedbacks,
- hands-on activities
- inspiring discussions on best practices.
Target Group:
- Teachers, trainers, educators, school administrators, etc.
Preparation:
Before the course,
- A detailed pre-course questionnaire to indicate their level of experience, teaching backgrounds, and training will be completed by participants.
- They will also prepare a presentation to reflect their own teaching method.
Validation:
- A course participation certificate will be given to all participants.
- A Europass Mobility Certificate will be given if the participant demands it, as well.
DAILY SCHEDULE
1st Day
Ice-breaking activities and introduction of the course program
Getting to know each other – Presentation of participants (a five-minute presentation)
Understanding the terms of bullying in schools
Recognizing bullying behavior
Getting aware of related problems
2nd Day
Discussing the samples of bullying at schools
Discussing the possible reasons and effects of bullying
Identifying the incidents and consequences of Bullying
Giving an overview on preventing the bullying at schools and establishing a more World-wide working path to overcome this problem (creating blogs, help desks on net)
Identifying the types of bullying
3rd Day
Empowering sense of possible effects and cause of bullying
Focusing on the possible social and psychological problems caused by being bullied at schools
Getting an awareness related to the chronic victims of Bullying
Carrying psychological support to the victims even after school
Working on relevant databases and other sources to see the widespread bullying problem across the world
4th day
Introducing pedagogical approaches to deal with the victims of bullying as well as attackers
Roleplaying pedagogical approaches to deal with the victims of bullying as well as attackers
Providing practical guidance to overcome the bullying at schools
Develop a school policy to prevent bullying at schools
Present the sample policy
5th day
Overview of the course program
Evaluation of the course program
Filling the feedback forms
Europass Mobility Certificate
Participation Certificate
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