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                  CHAPTER 1 – Introduction



                 1.1. Description of the project

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               What is our goal?



                      Bullying in schools is a worldwide problem. Abusive behavior among peers can
               make  it  harder  for  students  to  exercise  their  right  to  learn  in  a  safe  and  secure

               environment. Bullying can have negative lifelong consequences for all the students
               including bullies, victims and bystanders (Banks, 1997). Bullying is one of the biggest
               challenges for modern education. This is why there’s a need to introduce a set of new
               and effective anti-bullying policies and methods that will ensure a positive learning
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               climate in schools. It is extremely important to create a clear and transparent policy to
               combat bullying. This policy should be supported by a set of processes that will assist

               its implantation.

                      As children grow they spend more  time  with their  peers.  Peer interactions

               become  more  and  more  important  (Connell,  Dishion,  2006).  Contact  with  peers  is

               necessary in order for the socialization process to go smoothly but it can  also  be  a
               substantial  source  of  stress.  Verbal  and  physical  abuse  and  systematic  social
               exclusion  might  be  seen  as peer maltreatment and it is often described as “bullying”
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               or “peer victimization” (Leyera, Copeland, Costello, Wolke, 2015).

                      The  knowledge,  skills  and  attitudes  of  teachers  and  parents  are  extremely

               important in addressing these issues. The quality of their response is a key to ending
               the problem effectively. Knowledge about anti-bullying strategies will help adults to
               create a healthy atmosphere in school. It will also support the mental and physical




                      This is why project ART AGAINST BULLYING is seeking to increase awareness
                 wellbeing of the students.
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               about various anti-bullying activities among teachers and parents to show them how
               to  work  with  children,  who  have  witnessed,  experienced  or  were  perpetrators  of
               bullying behaviors.


                      We have chosen teachers for our target group because in recent years we can
               see that educational focus has swung strongly towards academic targets rather than
               holistic child development. Children spend a very large part of their lives at school

               with their teachers. Therefore, the school and teachers must focus on the whole life

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