Summary
Ken Rigby: Bullying in Schools and What Can We Do?
The book on Bullying in Schools deals with understanding bullying in schools and strategies for dealing with the problem. The basic position of the author is the importance of a comprehensive approach and the position that violence is not acceptable, and instead of condemnation and punishment, he proposes a humanistic approach in which violent people should receive help. The first part of the book discusses the concept of abuse and its forms; its nature and frequency are described, as well as its consequences for the abused, abusers and witnesses; analyze the causes of abuse; describe the attitudes of students and teachers towards bullying. The second part provides instructions for practical action in the fight against bullying - shaping a policy against bullying and taking concrete steps: prevention, work with bullies, support for the victim, action of parents, teachers and peers. The statistics in this book refer to the population in Australia.
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