Bullying in the Elementary Schools: from the Aspects of the Students, the Teachers and the Parents

Abstract

In most of the researches about the school bullying (which is the most extensive type of
aggression in the schools) only student reports have taken into consideration. This descriptive article was
intended to investigate several aspects of bullying from the viewpoints of teachers, students and the parents.
The participants were 355 students from 4th.-5th. grades, 150 parents and 18 teachers from an elementary
school in Bursa. Colorado School Climate Survey was used as the instrument. The results showed that the
teachers were reporting more frequent bullying incidences than parents and students. All the parties declared
that boys bullying others more then girls. The teachers reported that bullying occurs mostly in the play garden,
whereas the students and the parents reported that it is in the classroom. The students and the parents said that
bullying was told to the parents mostly, but the teachers said that it is reported to them.