Sunday, October 26, 2008

My conference paper??

I had previously written an essay about "Bullying and it's implications on the development of children". If you're curious, you can download and read it here.
The word limit for that essay was 2000 words, however if I had gone into more detail I would have overshot it.

Therefore I decided that for my conference paper I'd look into more detail on the subject of bullying and relate it to my practicum experience.

"Bullying: Identifying and intervening, a whole school approach."
That's the title.

Using results from the survey and research literature, I'd show that bullying can take place anywhere at any given time, with or without provocation. Although size matters, bullies can still come in all shapes and sizes.
Nowhere is safe when a bully has set his sights on you.
Bullies can sometimes be victims themselves too.
I would then go on to discuss how to identify bullies and victims and talk about the different methods teachers and schools can use to intervene.
And apparently our lecturer wants us to relate this to our practicum experience as well, I thought it would be good to throw in how my prac school dealt with their bullying situation slowly but effectively.

I'll post up my powerpoint presentation (for the conference) after I'm done with it too. My tutor's had a look at it and so far she's impressed with what I have. xD

Posted by chibified kitsunes at 02:12