Abstract

VALDES CUERVO, Ángel Alberto; ESTEVEZ NENNINGER, Etty Haydeé  and  MANIG VALENZUELA, Agustín. Teacher beliefs regarding bullying. Perfiles educativos [online]. 2014, vol.36, n.145, pp.51-64. ISSN 0185-2698.

In this paper the results of an analysis on the beliefs held by basic-education teaching staff regarding bullying are analyzed; to carry out the analysis, the three public high schools with the highest incidence of 'bullying by students in Sonora were selected; these results were from a previous study by Valdes et al., in 2013. From these schools, 15 teaching staff (from a total of 45) were interviewed; the remainder answered a survey with open questions. Teachers defined 'bullying as direct violence involving students or other stakeholders. The staff considered the factors associated with bullying as non-systemic; in their opinion, the family and social context were the explanation for the phenomenon. They placed the responsibility for 'bullying on other actors and considered the intervention strategies to be isolated. The conclusion is that the beliefs of teachers regarding 'bullying' reduce the scope for action against this problem within the educational environment.

Keywords : School violence; Teaching staff; Teacher beliefs; Secondary education; Teenagers.