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Bullying and Teachers

By: Dorte Marie Søndergaard
In: The SAGE Encyclopedia of Children and Childhood Studies
Edited by: Daniel Thomas Cook
Subject:General Sociology

Bullying is a widespread problem among children in schools and other childhood institutions. In the 2016 Health Behaviour in School-Aged Children study, which includes data from 42 countries, approximately 10–12% of 11-year-olds reported having been bullied at school on a number of occasions during the preceding months. This entry examines explanations for bullying behavior, how teachers sometimes contribute to bullying, and intervention strategies.

Explanations for Bullying Behavior

Researchers offer different explanations for bullying behavior. Some consider it an effect of individual personality traits and behavioral characteristics; others point to social group dynamics and the institutional setting of the school as well as to the socioculturally and historically formed structures of inequality among children.

Approaching the relevance of teachers and their role in children’s bullying practices depends on the ...

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  Søndergaard, D. (2020). Bullying and teachers. In D. Cook (Ed.), The sage encyclopedia of children and childhood studies (Vol. 1, pp. 170-170). SAGE Publications, Inc., https://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781529714388.n77
  
  Søndergaard, Dorte Marie. "Bullying and Teachers." In The SAGE Encyclopedia of Children and Childhood Studies, edited by Cook, Daniel Thomas, 170-170. Thousand Oaks,, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2020. https://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781529714388.n77.
  
  Søndergaard, D. 2020. Bullying and Teachers. In: Daniel Thomas Cook Editor, 2020. The SAGE Encyclopedia of Children and Childhood Studies, Thousand Oaks,, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc. pp. 170 Available at: <https://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781529714388.n77> [Accessed 12 Aug 2022].
  
  Søndergaard, Dorte Marie. "Bullying and Teachers." The SAGE Encyclopedia of Children and Childhood Studies. Edited by Daniel Thomas Cook. Vol. 1. Thousand Oaks,: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2020, pp. 170-170. SAGE Knowledge. 12 Aug 2022, doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781529714388.n77.
  
  Søndergaard, Dorte Marie (2020). Bullying and teachers In: Cook, Daniel Thomas (Ed.),Bullying and teachers The sage encyclopedia of children and childhood studies Vol. 1. Thousand Oaks,, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc.; 2020:170-170. doi:10.4135/9781529714388.n77
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