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Journal of Brain and Neurology| Volume: 2
November 05-06, 2018 | Edinburgh, Scotland
Brain Disorders and Therapeutics
Mental Heal th and Psychology
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ullying is a topic of immense importance to teachers today.
The fact that teachers are now a target for bullying is of
great concern to all educators and mental health workers from
many professional backgrounds. Furthermore, this workshop
is considered to be novel since it addresses a comparison of
self-reported perceptions of middle school teachers in the USA
and China. We often think of bullying as an event that occurs
between two students, but whoever thought that teachers
couldbebullied too? Most think that teachers are“unbullyable”.
After all they are in charge of their classes, they give grades,
they supervise the classroom management, and they are the
adults in the classroom. In addition, there is the issue of culture.
China is quickly being transformed and taking on many of the
characteristics of theWest. When this researchwas undertaken
this year it was discovered that there really has been no term
for “bullying” in the Chinese language. So, how do Chinese
Middle School Teachers feel about bullying today when there
is no term to describe their feelings? The results are surprising
since it is often felt that in Chinese classrooms the teacher is
the authority figure, even more so than in USA classrooms.
That idea is tested in this study and presentation. This Keynote
Presentation has lots to talk about that is new and innovative
with implications for how teachers should respond to bullying
of themselves and how mental health professionals can help.
Speaker Biography
Robert Harrington, Professor in the Department of Psychology and Research in Education,
is being recognized for his work on social climate and education. Dr. Harrington researches
and teaches on topics of educational belonging, positive learning environments and
constructive discipline. His research and writings have been utilized to make classroom
environments more welcoming to all students, no matter race, sex, disability, learning
style, ethnicity, language, age, class, among others, and thus lead to better educational
outcomes.
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rgharrin@ku.eduRobert G Harrington
University of Kansas, USA
A comparison of East (China) and West (USA) self-reported views of middle school
teachers bullied by their students