The Bullying Circle of participant player roles¶
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Description¶
The BPP teaches that "Bullying is often a group process which can involve various participant players": children are not just bullies or victims but can act as assistants who encourage bullying, lookouts who watch for intervening teachers, or defenders who try to stop it. Roles are fluid, with students playing multiple positions across incidents. The pack uses an adapted Bullying Circle (Donohoe and Dummigan 2015, adapted from Olweus 1993) and asks learners to relate these roles to their own experiences, naming the types of players involved in school incidents without naming or blaming any peer.
Design Implications¶
Context¶
Requirements¶
- Learners are introduced to the roles and asked to relate them to their own experiences before role-playing
Constraints¶
- Roles are fluid; a learner may bully in one incident, be targeted in another, or intervene
Target Learners¶
- Primary school pupils
Learning Goals¶
- Understanding participant roles in bullying incidents
- Metacognitive reflection on one's own possible roles
Claims¶
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Examples¶
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Key Sources¶
- Peadar Donohoe and Carmel O’Sullivan. (2015). The Bullying Prevention Pack: Fostering Vocabulary and Knowledge on the Topic of Bullying and Prevention using Role-Play and Discussion to Reduce Primary School Bullying. Scenario, Volume 2015 · Issue 1. https://doi.org/10.33178/scenario.9.1.6
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The Bullying Circle of participant player roles |
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The BPP teaches that "Bullying is often a group process which can involve various participant players": children are not just bullies or victims but can act as assistants who encourage bullying, lookouts who watch for... |
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