The Impact of Training on Faculty and Student Perceptions of Cyberbullying in an Urban South Central Texas Middle School

Autor/inn/en	Herrera, Jennifer; Kupczynski, Lori; Mundy, Marie-Anne
Titel	The Impact of Training on Faculty and Student Perceptions of Cyberbullying in an Urban South Central Texas Middle School
Quelle	In: Research in Higher Education Journal, 27 (2015), (29 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1941-3432
Schlagwörter	Bullying; Student Attitudes; Teacher Attitudes; Computer Mediated Communication; Middle School Students; Middle School Teachers; Victims; Training; Urban Schools; Statistical Analysis; Online Surveys; Video Technology; Internet; Safety; Pretests Posttests; Program Effectiveness; Attitude Change; Grade 7; Grade 8; Grade 6; Comparative Analysis; Disclosure; Student Behavior; Intervention; Racial Differences; Gender Differences; Age Differences; Teacher Characteristics; Student Characteristics; Texas + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Mobbing; Schülerverhalten; Lehrerverhalten; Computerkonferenz; Middle school; Middle schools; Student; Students; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Teacher; Teachers; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Victim; Opfer; Ausbildung; Urban area; Urban areas; School; Schools; Stadtregion; Stadt; Schule; Statistische Analyse; Sicherheit; Attitudinal change; Einstellungsänderung; School year 07; 7. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 07; School year 08; 8. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 08; School year 06; 6. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 06; Student behaviour; Rassenunterschied; Geschlechterkonflikt; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied
Abstract	Bullying has been around for decades; however, with the advancements of new emerging technology and devices, the ability for bullying to transcend into the cyber-world is becoming an international issue. Researchers have been intently studying the effects associated with cyberbullying to gain a better understanding of its perpetrators, victims, and bystanders in addition to legal issues and ways to counteract cyber-bullying. This study focused on determining whether cyber-bullying training for students at an urban south central Texas middle school is effective. The researchers utilized a quantitative research method to measure middle school students' perceptions of cyberbullying regarding a single intervention. Data was collected by the school district through the administration of an online student cyber-bullying survey prior to students viewing an "Internet Safety Basics" video, one week after viewing the video and six weeks after students viewed the video. Through analysis, only one area of students' perceptions with regard to the intervention was significant. This area focused on seventh grade students' perception on the effects of cyber-bullying. When students' and teachers' perceptions were compared for analysis, two areas were found to have significant difference: their perceptions of the effects of cyber-bullying and their perceptions of ways on how to positively report cyber-bullying. Results indicate the need for more cyber-bullying interventions or curriculum for students in grades 6, 7 and 8 and training for middle school teachers as literature supports cyber-bullying peaks at these grade levels. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01