The nature of school bullying : a cross-national perspective / edited by P.K. Smith [and 5 others].

Contributor(s):

Smith, Peter K [editor.]

Material type: Text

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

041517984X
9780415179843
0415179858
9780415179850

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

371.58 23

LOC classification:

LB3011.5 .N38 1999

Contents:

Sweden ; Norway / Dan Olweus -- Denmark / Niels Dueholm -- Finland / Kaj Björkqvist and Karin Österman -- England and Wales / Peter K. Smith -- Scotland / Andrew Mellor -- Ireland / Brendan Byrne -- France / Dominique Fabre-Cornali, Jean-Claude Emin and Jacques Pain -- Italy / Ada Fonzi ... [et al.] -- Spain / Rosario Ortega and Joaquin A. Mora-Merchan -- Portugal / Ana Maria Tomás de Almeida -- Belgium / Nicole Vettenburg -- Netherlands / Josine Junger-Tas -- Germany / Friedrich Lösel and Thomas Bliesener -- Switzerland / Françoise D. Alsaker and Andreas Brunner -- Poland / Andrzej Janowski -- United States ; Canada / Tracy W. Harachi, Richard F. Catalano and J. David Hawkins -- Japan / Yohji Morita ... [et al.] -- Australia / Ken Rigby and Phillip T. Slee -- Aotearoa/New Zealand / Keith Sullivan -- Developing world / Toshio Ohsako.

Review: "The Nature of School Bullying provides a unique worldwide perspective on how different countries have conceptualized the issue of school bullying, how the media have covered the topic, what information has been gathered, and what interventions have been carried out." "The book provides an authoritative resource for anyone interested in ways in which this problem is being tackled on a global scale. It allows the reader to make comparisons of the similarities and differences in each country's definitions and approaches, and gives an important historical and cultural context often missing in this area. The Nature of School Bullying will be invaluable for teachers, educational policy makers and researchers interested in this vital issues which affects the happiness and well-being of a substantial minority of schoolchildren."--BOOK JACKET.

Tags from this library: No tags from this library for this title. Log in to add tags.

Holdings
Item type	Current library	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Book	North Campus North Campus Main Collection	371.58 NAT (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		A181605B
Book	South Campus South Campus Main Collection	371.58 NAT (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		A480136B

Browsing South Campus shelves, Shelving location: South Campus Main Collection Close shelf browser (Hides shelf browser)

Previous								Next
Previous	371.50994 LOC Locked out : understanding and tackling school exclusion in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand /	371.510971 RAB School rules : obedience, discipline, and elusive democracy /	371.58 LAN Cheating lessons : learning from academic dishonesty /	371.58 NAT The nature of school bullying : a cross-national perspective /	371.58 RIG Bullying interventions in schools : six basic approaches /	371.58 TRO Cyber kids, cyber bullying, cyber balance /	371.580994 RIL Bullying of staff in schools /	Next

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"The Nature of School Bullying provides a unique worldwide perspective on how different countries have conceptualized the issue of school bullying, how the media have covered the topic, what information has been gathered, and what interventions have been carried out." "The book provides an authoritative resource for anyone interested in ways in which this problem is being tackled on a global scale. It allows the reader to make comparisons of the similarities and differences in each country's definitions and approaches, and gives an important historical and cultural context often missing in this area. The Nature of School Bullying will be invaluable for teachers, educational policy makers and researchers interested in this vital issues which affects the happiness and well-being of a substantial minority of schoolchildren."--BOOK JACKET.

There are no comments on this title.

to post a comment.