Share Paper: Teachers’ Approaches and Courses of Action towards Cyberbullying: Implications for Information Technology Education

  1. Dorit Olenik Shemesh, The Open University of israel, Department of Education and Psychology, Israel
  2. Tali Heiman, The Open University of Israel, Department of Education and Psychology, Israel
Tuesday, March 3 3:20-3:40 PM Amazon O

Abstract: The current study examined teachers’ approaches and courses of action towards cyberbullying (CB), focusing on the differences according to gender, school-level and professional diversity, using mixed methods research design. The sample consisted of 610 Israeli teachers. Findings reveled that most teachers reported difficulties in evaluating the prevalence of students’ involvement in cyberbullying, expressed a high level of concern and a strong faith in school commitment to address CB. Yet they expressed a moderate level of confidence in their ability to cope with it. Female teachers were more concerned about cyberbullying and more interested in studying the issue than male teachers. ...