TY  - JOUR
AU  - Glasner, Aviva Twersky 
PY  - 2010
TI  - On the Front Lines: Educating Teachers about Bullying and Prevention Methods
JF  - Journal of Social Sciences
VL  - 6
IS  - 4
DO  - 10.3844/jssp.2010.537.541
UR  - https://thescipub.com/abstract/jssp.2010.537.541
AB  - Problem statement: Bullying is a serious problem in American schools and is characterized
by aggressive behavior distinguished by unequal power and the intention to cause physical, social, or
emotional harm to others Bullying is evolving from the classic image of a big schoolyard bully picking
on smaller kids to a more technologically, sophisticated model of kids using cyber technology to
electronically tease, bully and harass their peers with texting, voicemails, emails and posts on public
websites, like Facebook, that are popular with young students. While parents are and should be
encouraged and trained to recognize understand the insidious nature of techno bullying, it is not enough.
The schools should take an active stance against bullying and this includes training teachers and other
personnel to be trained to recognize the signs and to intervene in bullying. Approach: This article
discussed a research project undertaken to get assess the following: how educators recognize bullying,
what they can do and actually do to intervene as well as their need for more training and autonomy to
intervene. Results: There were 145 completed surveys, with 51 partially completed surveys. The
results were reported for the completed surveys only. Conclusion: This study examined how well a
subset of teachers recognize the signs of cyber/techno bullying as well as their feelings of preparedness
to intervene with the bullies and the bullied.