Esha Magazine January 2012.pdf
Esha Magazine January 2012.pdf
Esha Magazine January 2012.pdf
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CONFERENCE AT TRINITY TACKLES BULLYING<br />
Bullying can lead to exclusion.<br />
The levels are still relatively low and the coping strategies are, for<br />
the most part, similar to those applied to ‘traditional’ bullying. But<br />
two disturbing factors emerge:<br />
One is that schools are sometimes ambivalent about their responsibilities<br />
with regards to cyber bullying. As it is more often than not<br />
it instigated outside hours and beyond the walls, some schools are<br />
washing their hands of the issue. Professor Mona O’Moore, who<br />
has been the leading light in promoting the examination, research<br />
and development of bullying issues in Ireland, is unequivocal about<br />
this. The effects reverberate in the classroom – therefore schools<br />
have to acknowledge cyber bullying and address it.<br />
The other factor, reverberating in a number of studies, is the low<br />
incidence of bully victims confi ding in teachers. <br />
30 ESHA MAGAZINE JANUARY 2012
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