10.26181/5f0ea5d35dadd
Paulina Billett
Paulina
Billett
Rochelle Fogelgarn
Rochelle
Fogelgarn
Edgar Burns
Edgar
Burns
Final TTBH report July 19 2019.pdf
La Trobe
2020
Teachers
Victimization
bullying at school
workplace harassment
Sociology of Education
Education not elsewhere classified
Education Policy
2020-07-15 06:51:01
Report
https://opal.latrobe.edu.au/articles/report/Final_TTBH_report_July_19_2019_pdf/12655880
<p>This
study was undertaken in 2018 with funding from the DVC(R) Research Engagement Income Growth Fund and HuSS IRGS
Supplementary Support Fund. It received the<b> </b>support of the
Association of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia (Ahisa) and the
Australian Education Union (Victoria branch). This project aimed to shed light
on teachers' experiences of feeling bullied and victimised while working in
Australia’s Independent and Public Schools and presents findings of the
incidence and impact of student and parental Teacher Targeted Bullying and
Harassment (TTBH). To our knowledge, this is the first research of its kind in
Australia.</p>
<p>It was
found that while there is mounting evidence that teachers suffer ongoing
incidences of Teacher Targeted Bullying and Harassment, there is a paucity of
research which explores teachers' reports of being bullied by students and
parents. It also found that many teachers feel they struggle to feel respected
professionally and believe their reports of teacher targeted bullying and
harassment are often ignored or downplayed by management and peak bodies.
Finally, it was found that teacher targeted bullying and harassment by students
and parents has detrimental effects on a teacher’s sense of self-efficacy and
wellbeing and may contribute to an unsafe workplace. </p>