Responding to the Culture of Bullying & Disrespect

by Beaudoin, Marie-Nathalie; Taylor, Maureen

• ISBN13: 9781412968539
• ISBN10: 1412968534
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2009-02-19
• Publisher: Corwin Pr

Summary

This updated edition of Breaking the Culture of Bullying and Disrespect offers a comprehensive approach to discouraging misbehavior by establishing an environment of responsibility and respect.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. ix
Acknowledgments	p. xi
About the Authors	p. xiv
Introduction	p. 1
Laying Foundations
How Problems Develop: A Frog Story and a Shift in Perspective	p. 8
Lessons From This Story	p. 9
Useful Options Are Also Eliminated	p. 11
Does Everyone Have the Same Contextual Blocks?	p. 12
Are Problems of Disrespect Inadvertently Supported?	p. 17
Competition	p. 18
Comparision	p. 20
Rules	p. 21
Achievement at All Cost	p. 23
Evaluation	p. 26
Unraveling Assumptions: Educators' Roles and Students' Behaviors	p. 30
The Effects of Myths and Assumptions	p. 30
Common School Questions: New Ways of Thinking	p. 43
Responding Effectively to Problems	p. 50
A Fresh Attitude	p. 50
Chipping Away at the Problem With a Powerful Tool: Externalization	p. 53
Dealing Narratively With Disrespect and Bullying	p. 60
A Narrative Response	p. 61
Additional Options	p. 64
Summary of the Practice of Externalizing	p. 65
Common Questions About the Externalization Process	p. 65
Being Respectful and Open to Students' Experiences	p. 69
Defining Experience	p. 70
Experience of School	p. 71
Overlapping Experiences of the Problem	p. 76
Addressing These Experiences	p. 77
Making Changes Last for More Than a Week	p. 83
The Dandelion Problem	p. 83
Thinking Outside the Box	p. 84
Multiple Selves: Who Is the Real Person?	p. 85
Stories	p. 87
Creating Stories Through Language	p. 88
Mentally Filling the Blanks	p. 89
Perspectives Create Stories	p. 91
An Educator's Question: If Truths Don't Exist, How Do We Know Which Story to Trust?	p. 93
Audience: You Are Who You Are Perceived to Be	p. 98
The Thread of New Stories: Recapitulation	p. 99
Reauthoring Alex's Journey	p. 100
Common Teacher Questions: New Ways of Thinking	p. 101
Applications And Examples: Success Stories Of Overcoming Bullying And Disrespect
Listening to Students' Voices	p. 106
Disrespect/Bullying Survey	p. 106
Interviews: Walking In Students' Shoes	p. 109
Cultivating Respect, Appreciation, and Tolerance in the School	p. 116
Connection	p. 117
Appreciation	p. 122
Collaboration	p. 126
Self-Reflection	p. 130
Community and Diversity	p. 131
Respect and Shedding Adultism	p. 135
Teacher Question About Shedding Adultism	p. 144
Dealing With Disrespect and Bullying in the Classroom: The Bugging Bug Project	p. 145
A Review of the Narrative Ideas That Guide This Project	p. 146
Externalizing the Problem	p. 147
Building on Successes	p. 157
Celebration of Knowledge and Expertise	p. 172
Brief Summary of Classroom Facilitation Considerations	p. 181
Conclusion	p. 183
Working With Individual Students Around Bullying: Helping a Child Suffering From a "Bullying Spell"	p. 185
A Problem-Dominated Identity	p. 185
Rewriting the Story in a Vacuum	p. 186
Rewriting the Story in the Community	p. 188
A Past to the Preferred Story at School	p. 197
A Past to the Preferred Stories at Home	p. 197
Extending the Audience to the Preferred Story	p. 198
Conclusion	p. 200
Brain and Behaviors: How Young People Change and How Educators Can Help	p. 201
The Visible Story	p. 201
The Invisible Story	p. 202
The Contextual Story	p. 203
The Historical Story	p. 203
Dead-End or Future Possibilities?	p. 204
The Possible Future	p. 205
Conclusion	p. 210
Prevention: Scaffolding A Complex And Sound Culture Of Respect
Creating a Partnership With Response-Able Youth	p. 212
Bubble Trouble	p. 214
Lessons From This Story: The Beliefs	p. 216
The People	p. 218
The Relationship	p. 221
Teacher Questions	p. 228
Spotlight on Stories of Successful Prevention	p. 230
"You're Ugly"	p. 230
The Clipboard	p. 231
Sign Language	p. 232
The Violent Drawing	p. 233
Girls' Meanness	p. 234
The Brand New Atlas	p. 234
Spotlight on a School With a Successful Prevention Model	p. 235
Conclusion	p. 253
Glossary	p. 254
Summary Table of Strategies	p. 257
Discourses	p. 260
"Yes and" Exercise	p. 271
Educators' Problem-Solving Questions	p. 273
References	p. 274
Index	p. 277
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