From learner to teacher: Personal experiences, beliefs and attitudes about bullying victimisation

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dc.article.end-page91en_ZA
dc.article.start-page75en_ZA
dc.contributor.authorMoosa, M.
dc.date.accessioned2022-05-20T08:26:47Z
dc.date.available2022-05-20T08:26:47Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.description.abstractResearch shows that first-year pre-service teachers enter initial teacher education programmes with certain beliefs in place about schooling. This paper explores first-year pre-service teachers' experiences of, beliefs and attitudes about bullying. Social Learning Theory and Theory of Planned Behaviour are used to shed light on bullying as a learned behaviour and the impact this could have on how pre-service teacher will handle incidents at school. Three hundred and five first-year pre-service teachers participated in a mixed-methods research study. Multiple-choice and open-ended questionnaires were collated and analysed. The paper argues that pre-service teachers use their personal experiences, beliefs and attitudes about bullying victimisation to make decisions on how to assist learners. The findings of this research indicate that more than half of this cohort has witnessed bullying at school at some point. They did nothing about it because of fear, inadequate reporting systems at schools and lack of action been taken by teachers. Should they witness bullying in schools as teachers they might opt to take the same approach if they are not adequately prepared. Nonetheless, they are willing to use their experiences of bullying to become proactive teachers and stop the cycle of bullying. Keywords: Pre-service teachers; bullying; violence; victimology; bystanders; Social Learning Theory; Theory of Planned Behaviour.en_ZA
dc.description.librarianMS2022en_ZA
dc.facultyFaculty of Humanitiesen_ZA
dc.identifier.citationMoosa, M. (2020). From learner to teacher: Personal experiences, beliefs and attitudes about bullying victimisation. Acta Criminologica (Criminological Society of Southern Africa), 33(2), 75–91.en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn1012-8093
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10539/32912
dc.journal.issue2en_ZA
dc.journal.linkhttps://hdl.handle.net/10520/ejc-crim-v33-n2-a5en_ZA
dc.journal.titleActa Criminologica (Criminological Society of Southern Africa).en_ZA
dc.journal.volume33en_ZA
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.rightsCopyright © 2020, Criminological and Victimological Society of Southern Africa (CRIMSA)en_ZA
dc.schoolWits School of Educationen_ZA
dc.schoolEducation
dc.titleFrom learner to teacher: Personal experiences, beliefs and attitudes about bullying victimisationen_ZA
dc.typeArticleen_ZA
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