Do Teachers Bully Students

Findings From a Survey of Students in an Alternative Education Setting

Dados Bibliográficos

ID9729581
AutoresKathryn S Whitted (University of Memphis, Tennessee, autor correspondente), David R Dupper (University of Tennessee at Knoxville)
Ano2008
Volume40
Fascículo3
Páginas329-341
Data de publicação2008-03-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoEducation and Urban Society (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0013-1245 • E-ISSN: 1552-3535
EditoraSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/0013124507304487
OpenAlexW1991077172
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas16
Referências citadas12

Students need a strong, positive relationship with caring adults in school. Although the vast majority of adults in authority interact respectfully with students, some adults physically and psychologically bully students. This article examines the extent to which 50 alternative education students reported being victimized by teachers or other adults during their school career. Of respondents, 86% reported at least one incident of adult physical maltreatment in school and 88% reported at least one incident of adult psychological maltreatment in school. Almost twice as many students reported that an adult, rather than a peer, was involved in their worst school experience (64.4%), with several students indicating that their worst school experience involved being physically mistreated by an adult; half reported being upset by the experience “a lot.” These findings indicate that students are being bullied by teachers to a surprising degree and in a wide range of destructive and harmful ways

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