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Exploring the experiences of educators bullied by learners in a township secondary school
Mini Dissertation (MA)--University of Pretoria, 2019.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/72791 Exploring the experiences of educators bullied by learners in a township secondary school Pule, Neo u14269199@tuks.co.za Marolen, Mbali Flora Mandi UCTD Mini Dissertation (MA)--University of Pretoria, 2019. Previous national and international studies have shown how prevalent it is for educators to be the targets of bullying by learners. However, there have been only a limited number of studies exploring educators’ experiences, from their own perspective, of being bullied by learners. Therefore, this qualitative study aimed to explore educators’ experiences of being bullied by learners in a township secondary school within the interpretive phenomenology framework. One-on-one semi-structured interviews were conducted with three educators who were teaching learners from grade 8 to grade 10 in a secondary school located in a township in the Gauteng province. The data was analysed using Interpretive Phenomenological Analysis (IPA). The findings of the study demonstrated that the educators’ experiences of being bullied by learners showed both differences and similarities. The educators’ perspectives revealed that they had experienced different forms of bullying, that their experiences occurred in an unsupportive school system, and that the bullying had affected their well-being and professional lives. Furthermore, the educators showed that they employed various coping mechanisms to deal with being bullied. They also explained the nature of being bullied by learners and the attributions for being bullied. The educators’ experiences conveyed the understanding that learner-to-educator bullying is a multifaceted psychological and social phenomenon. The insights provided by this study are important for all members of the school system. Areas for possible future exploration have been suggested. Psychology MA Unrestricted 2019-12-13T08:08:12Z 2019-12-13T08:08:12Z 2019/09/04 2019 Mini Dissertation Marolen, MFM 2019, Exploring the experiences of educators bullied by learners in a township secondary school, MA Mini Dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd <http://hdl.handle.net/2263/72791> S2019 http://hdl.handle.net/2263/72791 © 2019 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf University of Pretoria |
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| title | Exploring the experiences of educators bullied by learners in a township secondary school |
| title_full | Exploring the experiences of educators bullied by learners in a township secondary school |
| title_fullStr | Exploring the experiences of educators bullied by learners in a township secondary school |
| title_full_unstemmed | Exploring the experiences of educators bullied by learners in a township secondary school |
| title_short | Exploring the experiences of educators bullied by learners in a township secondary school |
| title_sort | exploring the experiences of educators bullied by learners in a township secondary school |
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| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/72791 |