Die implementering van 'n boelie-voorkomingsprogram vir laerskoolleerders deur aksienavorsing

[摘要] ENGLISH ABSTRACT : Research shows that bullying is a phenomenon that needs to be researched andfocused on. Firstly, there are different types of bullying. Secondly, bullying ispractised by both boys and girls, but boys bully differently. The aims of this researchare to put a prevention mechanism in place; to ensure that the human rights ofchildren are not harmed; to ensure that an anti-bully policy is in place for the schooland to complete a prevention programme to raise awareness of a both invisible andvisible problem.This interpretive study has been completed amongst Grade 6 learners in a schoolsituated in the Western Cape. The process of inquiry was done through a qualitativestudy of which the aim was to explore what the experiences of learners were afterhaving completed a bullying prevention programme, that was developed by theresearcher for the specific context of the school and the socio-economiccircumstances of the learners. Data was collected through observations, semistructured recorded interviews and focus groups, which were then transcribed andcategorised into themes.The themes that emerged were mostly the experience of the learners after they hadcompleted the programme, and how they intended to use the skills they were taught.The main finding was that, even though learners are willing to undergo change, theeffect of bullying lies deeper than what the eye beholds and that the problem needsin-depth attention. The message that this study wants to convey is that every schoolshould take the first step to address this problem in order to effect change.

[发布机构] Stellenbosch University