This study sought to investigate learners' experiences of bullying at Layman Village Primary
School. To understand the problem better, teachers' perceptions on the matter were also sought as learners often report such incidents to class teachers. The subject of this thesis inquiry were
63 grade four learners and 10 teachers of the above mentioned school.
Although this was a qualitative study, the structured questionnaires were used for both teachers and learners. When these failed to give sufficient data, semi-structured interviews were used. The taped interviews were transcribed and analysed, and data was categorised into three main
themes.
The results obtained showed that bullying is rife at Layman Village Primary School and that
teachers lack skills to address this problem. It was concluded that bullying is a serious problem
and should not be tackled haphazardly. Therefore, Layman Village Primary School needs to
develop a policy on bullying to guide teachers and to provide learners and parents with specific procedures to follow when bullying occurs.
My recommendations were that the Department of Education needs to draw a National policy on bullying that schools can use to develop their own programmes. It was felt that it would help if the national policy is linked to a monitoring programme to ensure that it is used appropriately. / Thesis (M.Ed.) - University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, 2005.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:ukzn/oai:http://researchspace.ukzn.ac.za:10413/1741 |
| Date | January 2005 |
| Creators | Mshengu, Princess Penelope Siphindile. |
| Contributors | Ntombela, Sithabile. |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
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