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Wider Room for Curbing Bullying in Early Childhood Education and Care -- Emphasising a Democratic, Social and Contextual Approach to Bullying Phenomenon
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Grindheim, Liv Torunn; Sadownik, Alicja R. – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2022
Bullying-related phenomena are reported as growing problems in early childhood education and care (ECEC), which calls for structures for teachers' handling of these problems. Using an approach that emphasises bullying as a social, socially situated and contextual phenomenon, we investigate how such an approach can facilitate a positive change in…
Descriptors: Teacher Educators, Preschool Teachers, Bullying, Teacher Student Relationship
Teacher Reports on Early Childhood Bullying: How Often, Who, What, When and Where
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Tanrikulu, Ibrahim – Early Child Development and Care, 2020
This study examined prevalence, types, bully and victim characteristics, times and places bullying occur, relationship between class size and bullying, and relationship between teachers' level of education and preschool bullying. Participants were a convenience sample of 246 Turkish preschool teachers working with children between 36 and 72…
Descriptors: Incidence, Bullying, Victims, Class Size
The Role of Preschool Relational and Physical Aggression in the Transition to Kindergarten: Links with Social-Psychological Adjustment
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Gower, Amy L.; Lingras, Katherine A.; Mathieson, Lindsay C.; Kawabata, Yoshito; Crick, Nicki R. – Early Education and Development, 2014
Research Findings: The transition to kindergarten has important ramifications for future achievement and psychosocial outcomes. Research suggests that physical aggression may be related to difficulty during school transitions, yet no studies to date have examined the role of relational aggression in these transitions. This article examines how…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, Aggression, Interpersonal Relationship, Preschool Children
The Social Context of Young Children's Peer Victimization
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Hanish, Laura D.; Ryan, Patti; Martin, Carol Lynn; Fabes, Richard A. – Social Development, 2005
The goal of this study was to investigate differences in the social context of peer victimization for preschoolers and kindergarteners. Data were collected from 168 children. For preschoolers, neither social acceptance nor friendships were significantly related to peer victimization. Instead, playing with peers and exposure to aggressive peers…
Descriptors: Peer Relationship, Social Environment, Victims of Crime, Context Effect