Prevention of bullying in educational institutions

Abstract

Bullying, as an ubiquitous security and social phenomenon, produces certain consequences for the development of each individual who is touched by this phenomenon, whether it is a violent, a victim or an observer. This issue is a common problem for both educational actors and the wider community in which bulling has been manifested. Therefore, all relevant subjects of the academic, expert and civil public participate in the response to this issue. The main goal of this paper is the presentation of academically based research on bullying and the key theoretical approaches that contribute to the development of a systematic framework for actions towards this issue as well. In addition, concrete mechanisms for preventing bullying in educational institutions are of great importance. Hence, the successful prevention of bullying or, in addition, its minimization requires the existence of a strategy at the national level as well as the systematic implementation of adequate prevention programs in educational institutions in order to create a safe school environment on the basis of mutual respect, tolerance and constructive communication.

Keywords

• bullying
• educational institutions
• prevention
• situational prevention
• school climate