In order to solve a problem in a school or elsewhere you need a plan, additionally, you need to find out the cause or causes of the problem before constructing your plan and this is where research comes in. Research conducted to solve issues or problems in schools or educational systems are termed Action Research. After sitting and discussing issues and problems in our education system we decided to tackle the issue of the psychological impact of bullying. The purpose of our action research was to attempt to improve students’ academic performance by trying to lessen or eliminate the occurrences of bullying at J.P Eustace Secondary School. The J.P Eustace Secondary School is labelled by the Vincentian public as being an unruly school …show more content…
We decided to use both questionnaires and interviews. The questionnaires were constructed at Form Four vocabulary level and lower to ensure that the respondents would be able to completely understand them. Also, we used the research questions to guide the construction of the questionnaires. Before distributing the data collection tools we spoke to the staff to determine which class bullying cases were reported most often they said Form Four. We then did a survey in the form to find out who has been bullied before to do stratified sampling. This was done this way because it would not have been efficient and effective to give questionnaires to students who are not being bullied. To triangulate the information that we were about to collect we decided to use interviews with the questionnaires. This was to ensure that the information that was collected from the questionnaires were similar to what was collected in the interview. A sample of the students who completed the questionnaires were later interviewed. I would say that this part of the research mentioned is the most important as if it is not done correctly the research can go in directions other than desired. If the research has no direction there would not be an effective action plan to help solve the problems or resolve the issue. Also, this is the stage of the research where data is
If bullying was truly a problem for the student’s environment, then there should be a strong negative correlation between the amount of bullying reported in section one, and the psychological behavior responses indicated in section two. Therefore, as bullying witnessed or experienced increases, the mental stability of the student decreases. It is then expected that if bullying is causing psychological damage to students, then a strong negative correlation between bullying and academic performance should also appear. As the number of bullying instances increase, the student’s ability to focus and perform well in school decreases. By not being able to function properly within the school setting and being unable to perform well academically, it can be inferred that individuals who are struggling the most with bullying will find it harder to study, which would make it more difficult for them to perform well on their final
The needs assessment will be in the form of a survey to understand and assess student’s perception about bullying. A needs assessment will be conducted on an ongoing basis to determine the level of severity. This is an important tool that will show the extent of the problem.
There are so many short and long term affects that are associated with bullying. These effects take on both part of the situation; the bully and the victim. John Sheridan has short and long term effects for both the victim and the bully. From his article Short and Long Term Effects of Bullying - The Victim & the Bully, Sheridan come up which a list. His first list concludes five short term effect of the victim. The first short term effect is extreme depression where the victim always feels sad and need to withdraw from others. Second, the loss of self-esteem or self-worth may occur to emotionally attack the victim. Third, anxiety about attending event with peers, who will notice and judge the victim. Fourth, trouble sleeping such as nightmares,
The results of bullying can affect everyone those who bully, and those who witness the bullying. Kids who are bullied are more likely to experience depression and anxiety, changes in sleep and eating patterns. Someone who has experienced any form of bullying can put be put at risk to suffer from depression or even worse committing suicide. The victim might also face academic problems, avoiding going to school, loneliness and social isolation. The can also lead to self-destruction behavior, like using harmful drugs and trying to harm themselves. There are many different effects that bullying can have on children. Social isolation is a major problem in kids today. If children are bullied for any period of time, it can make them feel small and
Would you rather have a black eye or a broken heart? Bullying can be started by anyone, but most importantly, it can even happen to anyone. It affects many people, even in today's society. For example, in politics, Donald Trump, The President of The United States, puts out a variety of tweets that some people take offense to. Bullying hurts the victim, and some even lose their lives as a result of bullying. Cyber-bullying is worse than physical bullying, because it is publicly posted out on the internet, it stays with the victim consistently, and the bullies are a lot harsher because they have the option to be anonymous.
Upon analyzing the data collected on bullying, I think the most significant step is the very first step of the Students Guide to Researcher, formulating the research question. This first step to of the research question is important because it helps to guide the focus of the research, on how to conduct and how the information obtained will be analyzed. According to Chambliss and Eglitis, formulating a research question precisely and carefully is one of the most important step to ensuring a successful research project (2014) For example, if you are studying middle school bullying, you need to make explicit your definition of the term and how that will measured (Chambliss and Eglitis (2014). The first step in the student’s guide to research will always define the research question to be precise in aiding in any research.
There are many effects of bullying but mental health is one of the big ones. Things like depression, anxiety, increased sadness, and loss of interest in activities all relate to mental health issues because of bullying. First, depression is a factor of getting bullied, depression is when someone or something changes with mood, like being sad all the time and feeling low. When a kid gets bullied they might start depression. Next, another factor of mental health issues because of bullying is anxiety. Anxiety is when someone is worried and nervous about something. When someone is worried and nervous about getting bullied, they may not even go to school. Also, because of bullying some kids get
Bullying is arguably one of the most common vices in our contemporary society that affects individuals across different settings in the society. Most people associate bullying with schools and teenagers, but the practice cuts across almost all institutions in the modern-day American society. People get bullied at workplaces and even in public institutions when seeking for public services. Bullying entails the use of perceived superior power by an individual to intimidate, threaten, or harm another person (Peguero, 2012). Many children and even employees fall victim to bullying and often suffer a lot of psychological effects that are characterized by fear, hatred, depression, and deeply-rooted anger. The advancements in technology, especially the social media platforms, have introduced new dimensions to bullying and has even made it harder for the government and the society to address this issue. Many sociologists observe that bullying is an inbred issue that is deeply rooted in the society. It is a practice that is perpetrated by the society through the existing cultures, systems, institutions, traditions, and norms that encourage alienation and stereotyping that are commonly associated with bullying. Bullying is often analyzed from the structural functionalist perspective of sociology. Prominent sociologists like Talcott Parsons pointed out that the structural functionalist perspective creates a relationship between the existing social structures in the society and the
Bullying is unwanted behavior that causes a child to feel isolated and alone. In order for an act to be considered bullying the act has to be, or be able to be repeated multiple times. Bullying can be done verbally by teasing, name-calling, taunting or inappropriate sexual comments directed at someone to purposefully upset them. Bullying can be done socially by isolating students on purpose, telling other students not to play with them, spreading rumors about students or attempting to embarrass them in public. Bullying can also be done physically by hitting, kicking, spitting, tripping, breaking property or making rude gestures. Most bullying is done during unstructured times such as recess, lunch, in the hallways, before school or after school. There is typically less adult supervision during those times. All of these things are meant to bring down the self-esteem of others. Bullying can have very serious effects on both students being bullied as well as the bully themselves.
Have you ever been bullied? Have you ever bullied someone? Bullying has become a huge issue. It is occurring all across the world. There are a few different types of bullying, which I will be discussing.
Attention getter: Bullying, we have all been a victim and we have all been the bully whether we have noticed or not.
The purpose of this paper is to identify the role that research has in the field of education and to clarify how research is used by education stakeholders. This paper refers to ten articles in order to provide rationale for the thesis that education is influenced at all hierarchical levels by research, although it is used differently by each level based on the desired outcome and the requirements of each level’s particular stakeholders. Two categories of research are explored in this paper: traditional and action research. Traditional research is generally assumed to be conducted by a researcher who controls all aspects of the research study, from the formation of a research question to the presentation of findings. This
Relevance Statement: The National Center for Education Statistics states 1 out of every 4 students is being bullied. And bullied victims are 7 to 9 times more likely to consider committing suicide and 36 percent keep quiet about being bullied. The victims can be your sibling, cousin, or your neighbor.
Also, when an individual is being bullied they be insecure about themselves all the time, and be scared to socialize with other individuals just because of their bully experience. Next, we have bystanders, those can be somebody related or not related to the person who is being bullied, but they know about it and instead of asking for help or try to stop it they would just watch and let it happen. Bystander shows that they agree with the bully and every negative action they do towards the victim. Based on this research, bullying is a form of behavior that is facing our families, community, schools and society today. To summarize, bullying ‘has a negative effect on everyone such as the target, the bully and the bystander who witnesses the bullying and anyone who is part of it’("Effects of Bullying").
It’s often said that art reflects life, and unfortunately this is certainly true in the case of bullying. Bullying is a huge issue in America, particularly after the popularization of internet use as a part of daily social interactions, a statistic significantly higher in younger generations like the high school shown in the video. Furthermore, there is a notably higher percentage of both online and in-person bullying in middle schools versus high schools, according to the CDC in 2015. This is likely due to the larger integration of internet use into the lives of younger and younger people, allowing for more online interactions. 90% of students who were cyberbullying victims were also victims of bullying offline, according to Duke University’s Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, bringing into light the connection between online persona and the real world. By acting negatively online, we as a society allow these actions to go unchecked by figures of authority; as shown in the video, these actions can have negative consequences on the self-esteem and relationships of students.