Mobbing in schools: Teachers' experiences, reactions and perspectives

Abstract

As instructors and role models, teachers play an important role in schools; it therefore matters what values they appreciate and live in school life. However, it can be asked whether teacher culture supports or even models violent behaviour by students. In this study, 223 primary- and secondary-school teachers in northeast Slovenia were surveyed to determine their experience with mobbing. The research showed that mobbing is extensive in schools and that teachers too often ignore it, not being sufficiently aware of their own responsibility for it, nor about the consequences of mobbing for students. In the future, it would be necessary to pay more attention to this problem in schools.