Bullying in the life of German pupils and teachers: basics, facts and measures to cope with the problem at schools

Abstract

The problem of bullying at German schools is looked into from a pupil-centred and a teacher-centred perspective. A systematic inventory of publications on the subject in the last 20 years in Germany is reported introductorily, followed by a determination of the phenomenon in terms of labelling, definition, systematization of possible behaviour forms and parties regularly involved. Subsequently, the prevalence of bullying in the life of German pupils and teachers as well as research on its impact is considered. Approaches and measures in use are focused on before the investigation arrives at some final considerations.

Keywords::

• Bullying
• mobbing
• cyberbullying
• prevalence
• impacts
• measures