Biases, Assumptions & Pre-Understandings
Bullies- Who are they?
Pre-Understanding:
I believed that bullies were children that had anger management issues and then took it out on other children in aggressive ways.
I have since learned through researching and reading the course contents how families play an important role in the way their children perceive the world and respond to situations. Research has shown that children that witness and are subjected to violence and abuse in the home may feel that this type of behaviour is normal. This can lead to the child bullying others outside the home even though they themselves are victims (Cheal, 2002). Children often repeat the behaviour of their parents and when this is negative the model recorded in the child's thinking is a negative one. Therefore, this behaviour is often repeated (Yerger & Gehret, 2011).
Children can bully others to feel more powerful and make an impression on their friends. Normally bullies work in groups and can be boys or girls. The Department of Education and Early Childhood Development's, Building Respectful and Safe Schools (2010) identifies four types of bullying, physical, verbal, convert and cyber bullying (National Centre Against Bullying, 2013).
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights states that everyone in the world has the right to freedom, justice and peace. We have the right to live without fear, feel safe and enjoy the same rights that other people do (Australian Government, 2008).
I believed that bullies were children that had anger management issues and then took it out on other children in aggressive ways.
I have since learned through researching and reading the course contents how families play an important role in the way their children perceive the world and respond to situations. Research has shown that children that witness and are subjected to violence and abuse in the home may feel that this type of behaviour is normal. This can lead to the child bullying others outside the home even though they themselves are victims (Cheal, 2002). Children often repeat the behaviour of their parents and when this is negative the model recorded in the child's thinking is a negative one. Therefore, this behaviour is often repeated (Yerger & Gehret, 2011).
Children can bully others to feel more powerful and make an impression on their friends. Normally bullies work in groups and can be boys or girls. The Department of Education and Early Childhood Development's, Building Respectful and Safe Schools (2010) identifies four types of bullying, physical, verbal, convert and cyber bullying (National Centre Against Bullying, 2013).
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights states that everyone in the world has the right to freedom, justice and peace. We have the right to live without fear, feel safe and enjoy the same rights that other people do (Australian Government, 2008).