Course aims:

Knowledge and skills of counseling and guidance and psycho-pedagogical assistance of various categories of people / educational groups
Ability to prevent, mediate situations of educational crisis
Developing critical thinking, strategic thinking and the ability to make decisions.

Course Entry Requirements:

BA

Course contents:

1. BULLYING - SETTING THE CONTEXT
What have I learned about bullying from students and teachers?
What is bullying?
Who is involved in bullying?
  The origin of bullying behavior
  What are the consequences of bullying?
Common myths about bullying
An effective response to bullying in school?
  What is the situation of school bullying in Romania?
2. INSTRUMENTS FOR THE PREVENTION OF BULLYING IN THE CLASSROOM
  Class activities
3. INSTRUMENTS FOR EARLY IDENTIFICATION AND ADEQUATE INTERVENTION IN BULLYING CASES
Warning signs and bullying indicators
How can we tell if a student is being bullied?
How can we deal with bullying effectively?
Practical recommendations for intervention in bullying situations at school

Teaching methods:

Exposition, description, demonstrative example, the debate

Learning outcomes:

Developing critical thinking, strategic thinking and the ability to make decisions.

Knowledge and skills of counseling and guidance and psycho-pedagogical assistance of various categories of people / educational groups.

Ability to prevent, mediate situations of educational crisis.

Learning outcomes verification and assessment criteria:

60% written paper, 40% seminar work

Recommended reading:

Iossifov I, Bullying at School: What Do Children Have to Say about It, Online: http://animusassociation.org/wp-content/ uploads/2014/03/Childrens-Perspective-on-Bullying1. pdf, EU, 2016, 60.
Smith J D et al., The Effectiveness of Whole-School Antibullying Programs: A synthesis of Evaluation Research, : School Psychology Review, Vol. 33, No 4, 2004, pp.547-560, New York, 2004, 13.
Save the Children Romania, Bullying among Children. A national research., online, Bucuresti, 2016, 100.