Browsing by Author "Eskelinen, Lina"

The purpose of this study was to find out the experiences of teachers working in elementary schools, what kinds of different forms of bullying can be observed in elementary schools, how bullying can be prevented with different action models, and what different methods are used to deal with bullying in elementary schools. The choice of the topic was influenced by personal experience with school bullying and the fact that school bullying is covered very little in classroom teacher studies. I wanted to deepen my knowledge about the phenomenon of school bullying and that's why I ended up doing this master's thesis on this topic. In addition, this topic is unfortunately current in the school world. The topic is discussed in several studies, which support the importance and topicality of the topic. School bullying has been studied a lot, but as the world changes, the forms of bullying are constantly changing and taking on new manifestations. My research is a qualitative research in which five teachers working in primary schools partic-ipated. As a data collection method, I used a semi-structured interview in my research. The interviews were conducted remotely in March 2024 and were recorded. As the analysis method for this study, I chose theory-driven content analysis, in connection with which I used thematization as an aid. I classified my material into ten different themes, which I use in the research as the upper category. The upper categories of my material are school bullying, indirect bullying, direct bullying, team building, multiprofessional cooperation, sensitive teacher, safe learning environment, early intervention, appropriate response and resources. My data revealed that elementary school teachers have observed different forms of direct and indirect bullying at school, as well as bullying that takes place on the Internet. In connection with the prevention of bullying, the teachers brought grouping as the most important means of prevention in school bullying. As the most important actions in dealing with bullying, the teachers highlighted intervening in the situation at an early stage and listening to the students. These results described above are confirmed by earlier studies that deal with bullying. A surprising research result was, that the teachers mentioned in the context of multiprofessional cooperation that the cooperation between home and school, in the prevention of bullying, is very little or does not exist at all. This research result contradicts previous studies on school bullying, which emphasize the importance of cooperation between home and school in the prevention of bullying.