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Guideline for Head Teachers

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1. Understanding the Complexity of the Phenomenon of Bullying

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Headteachers should understand the key concepts of bullying, so that they can discriminate it from other behavioral problems before taking any decision of action to contrast it. Bullying is a problem of psycho-social nature in which the responsibility is shared among different actors. In this respect, it is important to act early and divide responsibilities for action. Otherwise, with a problem of bullying among the pupils, it is more complicated to deal with such tasks, as guilt feelings could emerge among people. Traditionally, bullying has been analyzed as direct and indirect, but always face to face. However, over the last few years, a new form of bullying has appeared due to the use of the ICT and virtual social networks, which must also be taken into account. Accordingly, before acting against bullying, headteachers should understand: the characteristics of the phenomenon, the roles that are implied, the rules that facilitate and sustain it, and the direct and indirect forms that it may adopt.

Resources From the I Am Not Scared Portal

  • Case Studies on School Bullying
    On this web portal headteachers can find more than one hundred bullying stories developed in the framework of the “I am Not Scared” Project. This stories can help to headteachers understand the problem.

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20 December 2014

Final Partners’ meeting

The fourth partners’ meeting took place in Florence (IT) on 15 December 2014. The meeting had the objective to check the activities carried out since the third meeting of the project and share and assess the in progress results. A special focus has been dedicated to the presentation of the strategies to solve the case scenarios.