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Prospective teachers' knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs about school bullying

Citation:

Amanaki, E., & Galanaki, E. P. (2014). Prospective teachers' knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs about school bullying. Proceedings of the 16th European Conference on Developmental Psychology.. Lausanne, Switzerland: Medimond International Publishers.

Abstract:

The main purpose of this study was to evaluate the level of knowledge prospective teachers have about bullying, as well as their attitudes and beliefs about this issue. The majority of prospective teachers held negative attitudes about bullying. However, few indicated feeling confident or prepared to deal with the problem. Females reported greater responsibility on the part of teachers and lower levels of self-confidence than males. The greater the responsibility that student teachers placed on themselves the greater the responsibility that they placed on the school system, and the greater the concern and confidence they felt. Prospective teachers were willing to learn more about bullying.

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