Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item:
https://hdl.handle.net/10321/5029
DC Field | Value | Language |
---|---|---|
dc.contributor.advisor | Hamlall, Vijay | - |
dc.contributor.author | Mthembu, David Nhlakanipho | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2023-11-06T06:11:43Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2023-11-06T06:11:43Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2023-04 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10321/5029 | - |
dc.description | Submitted in fulfillment of the requirements of the degree of Master of Management Science Specialising in Public Administration (Peacebuilding), Durban University of Technology, Durban, South Africa, 2023. | en_US |
dc.description.abstract | School-based bullying has over the recent years become increasingly common and vicious. Schools are a microcosm of society in general. The society we inhabit has become increasingly intolerant and violent. Kruger (2013) highlighted that bullying is rife in today's school culture, with devastating consequences which negatively affect not only learners and staff, but the broader neighbourhood community, the general school climate, and the overall functioning of the school. Research, according to Kruger (2013), shows that bullying can be a precursor to aggression and, if not addressed, may lead to more serious acts of violence. Bullying is a common problem in this school, according to the research. Boys are more likely to engage in physical bullying, such as beating, punching, and kicking, whereas girls are more likely to engage in verbal bullying, such as insulting, name calling, and spreading rumours, as well as cyber bullying. The study discovered that these types of bullying had a physical, emotional, and psychological impact on students. Bullying was found to be influenced by gender, age, socioeconomic level, and sexuality in this school. The school playground has also been identified as a common site for bullying. Gender discourses, according to the findings, play a significant role in promoting bullying in this school, as boys attempt to exert control over girls. The motivation of this study emanates from the need to tackle school bullying against the backdrop of violence that learners face in their school and home life. According to Childline (2019) bullying gangs often become violent gangs that are involved in crime, so schools need to respond pro-actively to bullying to prevent it becoming gangsterism. Research shows that most children believe that when they report the bullying to an educator nothing is going to be done to stop it. The overall aim of this study was to investigate and address bullying among learners at Sund Primary School in Mandeni, iLembe District. The goals of this study was to uncover the nature of bullying that learners face, the causes and consequences of bullying at the school, the effects of bullying on learners’ lives, to use participatory action research to plan and implement a programme aimed at creating a safe positive environment and to evaluate the short-term outcome of the programme. vii A qualitative Participatory Action Research was used in this study. The data was gathered through semi-structured individual and focus group interviews. The study included ten boys, ten girls and three educators as participants. This study was further aimed at contributing towards peace building and creating harmonious teaching and learning schooling environments through an ant-bullying intervention programme. | en_US |
dc.format.extent | 157 p | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.subject | School violence | en_US |
dc.subject | School | en_US |
dc.subject | School-based bullying | en_US |
dc.subject.lcsh | Bullying--Prevention | en_US |
dc.subject.lcsh | Bullying in schools | en_US |
dc.subject.lcsh | School violence--Prevention--Study and teaching | en_US |
dc.subject.lcsh | School children--Conduct of life | en_US |
dc.title | Addressing bullying at a primary school in the Ilembe District, Kwazulu-Natal | en_US |
dc.type | Thesis | en_US |
dc.description.level | M | en_US |
dc.identifier.doi | https://doi.org/10.51415/10321/5029 | - |
local.sdg | SDG05 | - |
local.sdg | SDG16 | - |
local.sdg | SDG04 | - |
item.openairetype | Thesis | - |
item.openairecristype | http://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_18cf | - |
item.grantfulltext | restricted | - |
item.cerifentitytype | Publications | - |
item.languageiso639-1 | en | - |
item.fulltext | With Fulltext | - |
Appears in Collections: | Theses and dissertations (Management Sciences) |
Files in This Item:
File | Description | Size | Format | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Mthembu_D_2023_Redacted.pdf | 1.72 MB | Adobe PDF | View/Open |
Page view(s)
324
checked on Dec 22, 2024
Download(s)
234
checked on Dec 22, 2024
Google ScholarTM
Check
Altmetric
Altmetric
Items in DSpace are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated.