Detta examensarbete belyser hur svenska skolor arbetar mot mobbning. Mobbning är ett stort problem som orsakar stor oro bland skolbarn. 1969 ville läkaren Peter-Paul Heinemann uppmärksamma mobbning då han upptäckte att många barn blev mobbade och att vuxna inte brydde sig. 1973 forskade psykologen Dan Olweus kring pojkars beteende kring mobbning. Detta var början till antimobbningsarbetet. Det finns ett flertal antimobbningsprogram och jag har valt att undersöka Friendsprogrammet och Olweusprogrammet. Skolverket har även sammanställt en rapport rörande effekterna av dessa program. Jag ville också undersöka hur barn definierar ordet mobbning. För att komma fram till undersökningsresultat rörande dessa två ovanstående antimobbningsprogram och barns definiering av begreppet mobbning har jag forskat i vetenskapliga  undersökningar och litteratur samt även utfört intervjuer med barn i åldrarna 7-9 år och skolpersonal. Jag valde två skolor som arbetar med dessa två program och barnintervjuerna gjordes med tillåtelse av barnens föräldrar. Intervjusvaren jämfördes sedan med de vetenskapliga rapporterna och litteraturen. Slutsatsen av min undersökning är att dessa två program har både för- och nackdelar. Olweusprogrammet kräver resurser och tid. Friendsprogrammet involverar barnen som riskerar att få en utsatt position. Barnen kunde utan problem definiera innebörden av mobbning.

My purpose in this work was to find out how staff in a middle sized school uses its local Equal treatment plan in its work against bullying. But also to see how the use of a standardized anti-bullying program works to prevent bullying.   I have interviewed the principal, teachers, and what we in Sweden call a ”fritidspedagog” and the members of the anti-bullying team to get answers to my questions.    The conclusion of this study is that the school follow and work according to what the Equal treatment plan states, both in terms of prevention, as in working with actual bullying cases. The school has also followed the National School Agency's recommendations on what should be the local Equality plan, but also to follow up and revise it each year.   The interview shows that the staff at the school placed great emphasis on talking and discussing with students about how to behave towards each other, they also brought up things that happened at one time and talked about this. The staffs were very committed to work towards the prevention of bullying and the same was true with the school's headmaster. The Anti-bullying team followed ready templates when bullying cases occurred. This is seen as an great advantage because many of the school staff have to work in team, so where there is a small school with few staff.

Många gånger händer det att eleverna inte syns tillräckligt för fritidshemslärare, det är då det sker kränkande handlingar utförda av andra elever. Den fysiska, psykiska och dolda mobbningen går obemärkt och det drabbar inte bara den utsatte utan det drabbar hela samhället. Syfte i denna studie är att undersöka hur fritidshemslärare arbetar förebyggande mot mobbning och kränkningar i sina verksamheter. Vi jämför två olika skolornas förebyggande arbete mot kränkning och mobbning, den ena med en likabehandlingsplan mot mobbning och kränkande behandling och den andra med en Olweus antimobbningsprogram. Vi vill undersöka i vilken utsträckning och på vilket sätt detta påverkar fritidshemlärarnas arbete gentemot mobbning och kränkande handling som finns i respektive skolor Undersökningen kommer att belysas på olika sätt genom att intervjua både fritidshemslärare, elever och respektive skolors rektorer för att få en bättre förståelse och en bredare perspektiv för undersökningen. Resultatet och diskussionen visar bland annat att fritidshems lärarnas engagemang, närvaro och delaktighet kan vara avgörande i förebyggande syfte mot mobbningen. / Many times, it happens that the students are not visible enough to after-school teachers, this is when abusive acts are performed by other students. The physical, mental, and hidden bullying goes unnoticed, and it not only affects the victim, but it affects the whole society. The purpose of this study is to investigate how after-school center teachers work to prevent bullying and abuse in their activities. We compare two different schools' prevention work against abuse and bullying, one with an equal treatment plan against bullying and abusive treatment and the other with an Olweus anti-bullying program. We want to investigate to what extent and in what way this affects the after-school teachers' work towards bullying and abusive action that exists in each school. a broader perspective for the study. The results and the discussion show, among other things, that the after-school teacher ‘s commitment, presence and participation can be decisive in the preventive purpose against bullying.

School bullying has become a serious issue in U.S. schools, with children being harassed, hurt, and even killed or driven to suicide or homicide as a result of being bullied. Bullying in schools has persisted despite the various intervention measures taken to curtail the phenomenon. The purpose of this phenomenological exploration was to explore how teachers and principals at a U.S. middle school perceive the school's existing bullying programs and elicit recommendations about how to improve the programs. The theoretical basis of this investigation was Bandura's social learning theory. Data were collected through interviews with 4 principles and 6 teachers. Interview data were transcribed, and then coded and analyzed using a modified Van Kaam procedure, as revised by Moustakas. Nine themes emerged from the data analysis that encompassed participants' perceptions of the causes of bullying and how teachers and principals can help to prevent bullying. The key finding is that teachers reported that more professional training to reduce bullying is needed. Additionally, social learning theory is explanatory of participant experiences as they noted that encouraging positive behavior, kindness, and empathy in the classroom will help minimize bullying conduct in schools. This study may foster societal change by providing insight to educational leaders about how to improve antibullying programs, which may lead to reductions in school dropout rates, incidents of homicide and suicide as a result of school bullying, and other antisocial behaviors associated with school bullying.