Type:	Journal Article
Title:	From bully busting to breaking through: a critical postmodern examination of gender and power in schools
Other Titles:	Domestic Violence & Incest Resource Centre Newsletter
Authors:	Scarfe, Angela
Keywords:	Impact on children and young people;Prevention;Theories of violence;Perpetrators
Year:	2003
Publisher:	Domestic Violence & Incest Resource Centre
Citation:	(1), Autumn 2003
Notes:	This article critically appraises the available programmes to respond to bullying in schools and presents elements of critical and postmodernist social theories as more appropriate responses. The current strategies identified as individual/family or ‘whole school’ approaches locate the primary cause of bullying in the victim and their parents or try to find a solution after the violence has occurred. Critical social theory renames the bullying behaviours as oppression, which relocates the attention from the individual to the structural. Since men are violent to women in schools, the gender factor must also be included in the discussion. Schools are agents and settings where institutional practices might condone or accept oppression. ‘Breaking Through’ is mentioned as a successful postmodernist approach implemented in Victoria. The experiences of young people are the basis for community education, staff training and a support group for families.
URI:	https://anrows.intersearch.com.au/anrowsjspui/handle/1/14895
ISSN:	1324-4264
Appears in Collections:	Journal Articles

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