School bullying : teachers helping students cope [Book Review]

Abstract

Educators‟ and parents‟ as well as policy makers‟ concerns about bullying of children have increased significantly. There is increasing awareness of its pervasiveness in schools and classrooms, particularly of the victimisation of marginalised students, as well as of its new form in cyberbullying. There is also higher awareness of the harmful effects of a lack of feeling of safety and social wellbeing on children‟s learning. On the other hand there is a growing understanding of how bullying can be effectively addressed (e.g. Downes and Cefai, 2016).