Research on Bullying Among Primary Students
- Published: 29 April 2016
Cathal Duffy, a primary school teacher for nine years, is in his second year of a Doctorate in Educational Psychology in UCD. As part of the course, he is undertaking research on bullying amongst students in primary school. The title of his research study is ‘A Practical, Theoretical, and Evidence-Oriented Anti-Bullying Programme for Irish Primary Schools’.
The research study aims to investigate whether the Irish educational system is equipping schools to counter bullying effectively, and to evaluate the DES Anti-bullying Guidelines (2013), ascertain whether schools are equipped to counter bullying, whether more needs to be done to support schools and whether Ireland needs to take a similar approach to Norway and Finland, and design the framework for an anti-bullying programme for Irish primary schools. Cathal feels that the outcomes of his research could potentially inform bullying prevention and intervention initiatives at primary school level. Cathal is looking for one respondent per school (senior primary schools only). The respondent can be a Principal, Deputy Principal, 3rd, 4th, 5th, or 6th Class teacher. All responses are anonymous.
The survey takes 10-15 minutes and can be completed online here. You can complete a hard copy version of the questionnaire by clicking on the Questionnaire attachment, printing it and posting the completed form to Cathal Duffy, Pinegrove, Mountbellew, Co. Galway. To find out more, please email Cathal at cathal.duffy@ucdconnect.ie.
