Abstract
Teachers are key players in preventing and combating the phenomenon of bullying in schools. To actively and constructively assume this role, they need bullying training during their initial and continuous teacher education. This study explores opportunities to engage pre-service teachers in learning about school bullying within the curriculum for initial teacher education in Romania. More competencies were identified as necessary for future teachers for being able to manage the problems related to bullying in school. Suggestions for bullying-related learning activities within the curriculum of four psycho-pedagogical disciplines are provided from the perspective of an infusion approach. This study can help or inspire other teacher educators’ efforts to provide future teachers with the knowledge, skills, and attitudes they will need to tackle bullying situations in the school environment.
Highlights
Schools should provide physically and emotionally safe learning environments for all students, in which they can develop harmoniously under the guidance of teachers and the entire staff
A set composed of three competencies was outlined: (1) preventing bullying behaviors in the school environment; (2) identifying different forms of bullying, risk factors and consequences; (3) combating school bullying by following the legislation
We do not rule out the possibility that other relevant elements in terms of knowledge, skills, or attitudes may complete the profile proposed in this paper. These competencies can guide the teacher educators in their effort to support the pre-service teachers to deal with school bullying and can build bridges between psychopedagogy disciplines
Summary
Schools should provide physically and emotionally safe learning environments for all students, in which they can develop harmoniously under the guidance of teachers and the entire staff. One form of violence encountered in school is bullying among students. Bullying has three characteristics: it is an intentional harm-doing behaviour, it is conducted repeatedly and over time, it happens within a relationship characterized by an imbalance of power [1]. Taking many forms, such as physical (pushing, hitting, kicking), verbal (name-calling, yelling, insulting, threatening), social (social exclusion, spreading gossip or lies) and cyber (sending or posting hurtful text or images through digital devices), school bullying can affect the mental and physical health, the academic performance of children and young people and may lead to early school abandoning [2]. The students that were frequently exposed to bullying felt sad, scared and less satisfied with their lives than students who were not exposed to the phenomenon [3]
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