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Research Topic/Title:
Bullying: A phenomenological Study
A. Description of the Project
1. Rationale
Bullying in schools is a worldwide problem that can have negative
consequences for the general school climate and for the right of students to
learn in a safe environment without fear (Banks, 1997). According to
Olweus (1996), bullying is when “a student is exposed, repeatedly and over
time, to negative actions on the part of one or more other students”.
The relationship is characterized by an imbalance of power between the
bully and the victim based on physical size, strength, age or social status.
Bullying is the intentional, repetitive harming or injury by one’s peers; they
are occurrences in which the victim is unable to avoid or stop the
victimization (Brank, Hoetger & Hazen, 2012). Bully and victimization
have emerged as persistent problems in schools (Rose & Monda-Amaya,
2012).
2. Objectives of the Study 2.1 General
Psychological effects are the most dominant when it comes to bullying.
Most research says that bullying has made students most likely to commit
suicide, also to undergo depression (Walton, 2013). These affect both
psychological and physical last as long as well into adulthood, this goes
into both the bullies and the bully victims.
2.2 Specific
To better understand how bullying affect a students life.
To spread awareness and understanding about bullying.
3. Theoretical/
Conceptual Framework Bullying, as we all know is a problem to society for a very long time now.
One theory that studies this phenomenon is the Conflict Theory of Karl
Marx, it is a society theory that states: “Conflict theory states that tensions
and conflicts arise when resources, status, and power are unevenly
distributed between groups in society and that these conflicts become the
engine for social change.” (Crossman, 2017). Now if we apply it to
bullying, the uneven distribution is the power, status and ego of the
perpetrators (Bully) and the receivers (Victim) will cause who ever is more
powerful to have more priority and therefore rule those that are inferior to
him.
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4. Methodology 4.1 Research Design
A qualitative research will be conducted for this study because according to
(Turner, 2010) this design will let you interview your participants and get
in-depth information pertaining to their experiences and viewpoints of a
particular topic.
4.2 Research Subjects/Participants
This study will be conducted to all BSCRIM 1st year students who are
enrolled in University of Mindanao Bansalan College who experience
bullying.
4.3 Research Instruments (Please attached downloaded/adapted
questionnaire)
Encounters with Bullying
1.) As a student, what has your experience been when it comes to bullying
within the classroom?
a) How often do you encounter bullying in your classroom?
b) What forms of bullying do you see?
c) What are some observations that stand out for you?
2.) Have you ever noticed a consistent pattern of behavior of bullies? If so,
can you please elaborate on those behaviors?
3.) How might bullying affect your academic studies?
4.4 Research Procedure (Describe the step by step process in gathering
data)
The researchers will give an informed consent to the admission office of the
forenamed school to conduct this study. By getting the approval,
researchers will then start the face-to-face interview process to 1st year
students of UMBC who suffers bullying.
4.4 Statistical Treatment of Data/Data Analysis
Semi-structured interview will be used in gathering the data wherein responses
will be recorded, transcribed, translated and analyzed. The persistent
observations to the participants through face-to-face interview will be conducted
to the participants to ensure its truthfulness verified responses. Gay, Mills, and
Airasian (2006) defined transferability as the researcher’s belief that everything is
context-bound.
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B. List of References
Banks, R. (1997). Bullying in Schools. ERIC Development Team, 1-6.
Brank, E., Hoetger, L. & Hazen, K. (2012). Bullying. Annual Review of
Law and Social Science.
Crossman, A. (2017). Understanding Purposive Sampling: An Overview of the
Method and Its Applications
Gay, L. R., Mills, G. E., & Airasian, P. (2006). Educational Research:
Competencies for Analysis and Applications. Columbus: Merrill
Greenwood.
Olweus, D. (1996). Bullying at school: knowledge base and an effective
intervention program. Ann. NY Acad. Sci.
Rose, C. & Monda-Amaya, L. (2012). Bullying and victimization among
students with disabilities: effective strategies for classroom teachers.
Intervention in School and
Clinic.
Turner, D. (2010). Qualitative interview design: a practical guide for novice
investigators the Qualitative Report.
Walton, S. (2013). Contemporary Perspectives on Diversity Interventions
C. Research Project Duration
Date: November 2019 - March 2020
Prepared by: _________________________
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Date: _________________________
Submitted to: ____________________
Subject Teacher
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