The purpose of schools are to educated children, in order for them to further their lives and get a career. Somethings seem to slip between the cracks of the highly policed educational system, such as bullying. But research shows that, it's possible to identify would-be bullies and to engage them, in order to prevent them from becoming bullies in the future. 93% of teachers survey in Australia feel that they could identify certain characteristics of would be bullies. This article discusses how teachers in Australia feel that they can identify would-be bullies and help prevent bullying. It identifies that teachers who take part in anti-bullying policies are more likely to intervene with bullying than teachers who don't take part. These teachers, leaders of the children, must take the initiative and intervene as much as possible and as early as possible to prevent bullying. From a sociological perspective, if the institution is able to prevent bullying earlier in a child's life, then there will be fewer cases of bullying. Also, another benefit of intervening early with children, is that from a learning perspective, bullying is learned from others. Edwin Sutherland's Differential Association Theory states that deviance emerges with the normalization of deviant friendship patterns. If teachers can interrupt this deviant friendship pattern before youths are able to normalize it through frequency, duration, priority and intensity, then there will be significantly less bullies in the world. This article suggests that the most important factor towards early childhood bullying is how involved teachers are with the anti-bullying policies and implementing their authority in situations concerning bullying.
Ryan L.
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