The opening chapter states the problem, purpose of study and also provides
background to the problem as well as preliminary literature of the study. The
other chapter that has substantially enriched the project is chapter two, which
provided all the literature, related to the research. The third chapter explains
the methodology used in this research study. Data was collected through the
use of questionnaires from learners in Gaborone Junior Secondary Schools. All
in all, a sample of sixty (60) (n=60) subjects were used to collect data.
Chapter four is about data presentation, analysis and interpretation and lastly
the recommendations, which are provided to help the authorities as well as
the school administrators.
The study sought to find out the causes and effects of peer harassment in
Gaborone Junior Secondary Schools, as well as the prevalent forms of bullying
and the effort undertaken by school administrators and other stakeholders to
support victims of peer harassment in the educational system. The
researchers' hypotheses were that home background, peer pressure, and
popularity are some of the major causes of school bullying, physical and
verbal abuse are the prevalent forms of bullying in secondary school, there is .
a significant positive relationship between school bullying and learners' low
academic achievement and that school administrators and teachers are not
supportive to learners who are victims of peer harassment.
The findings revealed that indeed, children who come from violent homes,
homes faced with divorce, alcoholism, lack of maternal affection and poverty,
become bullies. The other ,causes of bullying behaviour according to the
study, is negative peer pressure as well as the desire to be popular. The study
also revealed that learners who are victims of bullying academically perform
poorly, fear going to school, riding a school bus and develop low self-esteem
and are depressed. Furthermore, the study found that the school
administration and teachers do not make an effort to attend to victims of peer
harassment. The study recommends that the Ministry of Education through
the work of curriculum developers should provide , policies and programs that
address unacceptable behaviour. These polices can include expansion of the
school curriculum to cater for guidance and counselling. During the study, the
researcher's schedule was affected especially during administration of
questionnaires as . a lot of schools were engaged in the Performance
Management System exercise (P.M.S), thus some were reluctant to help. / (M.Ed.) North-West University, Mafikeng Campus, 2005
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:nwu/oai:dspace.nwu.ac.za:10394/11458 |
| Date | January 2006 |
| Creators | Mosenki, Merapelo Kate |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
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