Compare And Contrast Violence Strategies
Compare and contrast two strategies for reducing violence:
Violence is the behavior involving physical or emotional damage intending to hurt or kill someone or something. The type of violence that will be focused on in this essay is bullying. There are many strategies to reduce bullying. The strategies that will be mentioned in this essay are counselling, reflectiveness, jigsaw classroom and the “whole school” approach.
Efforts at reducing violence often involve altering people’s immediate perceptions of others or the situational cues that may increase aggression. One of the strategies is the use of counselling in schools to teach all students appropriate anger management, as well as helping them to develop empathy. Dodge (1981) found that …show more content…
Figueirdo et al. (2007) are testing the long-term effects of a computer game in which each child takes the role of an invisible friend of the victimized character, discussing problems and exploring possible solutions and coping strategies. The advice given subsequently influences the actions of the victim. The goal is to encourage students to be more reflective about bullying, and to test out strategies for intervention in a non-threatening environment. Another psychologist, Elliot Aronson (1979), has shown that the use of the “jigsaw classroom” (cooperative learning) lowers the rate of bullying in schools and increases positive interaction between out-groups during play or free-periods. Students must rely on each other for their learning. The classroom works on the idea that everyone has something to contribute to the learning process, and that by working together towards a common goal, everyone is valued. This study emphasizes cooperation and collective norms, thus reducing bullying. The research is qualitative, therefore there are possible researcher biases or Hawthorne effects. However, the research cannot measure whether the methods are effective outside of school. Thinking about it chronologically, the research is about 20 years old and other factors, such as policies and monitoring of students are also important. Overall, the strategy is quite effective, but the school should emphasize training of social
Violence is the behavior involving physical or emotional damage intending to hurt or kill someone or something. The type of violence that will be focused on in this essay is bullying. There are many strategies to reduce bullying. The strategies that will be mentioned in this essay are counselling, reflectiveness, jigsaw classroom and the “whole school” approach.
Efforts at reducing violence often involve altering people’s immediate perceptions of others or the situational cues that may increase aggression. One of the strategies is the use of counselling in schools to teach all students appropriate anger management, as well as helping them to develop empathy. Dodge (1981) found that …show more content…
Figueirdo et al. (2007) are testing the long-term effects of a computer game in which each child takes the role of an invisible friend of the victimized character, discussing problems and exploring possible solutions and coping strategies. The advice given subsequently influences the actions of the victim. The goal is to encourage students to be more reflective about bullying, and to test out strategies for intervention in a non-threatening environment. Another psychologist, Elliot Aronson (1979), has shown that the use of the “jigsaw classroom” (cooperative learning) lowers the rate of bullying in schools and increases positive interaction between out-groups during play or free-periods. Students must rely on each other for their learning. The classroom works on the idea that everyone has something to contribute to the learning process, and that by working together towards a common goal, everyone is valued. This study emphasizes cooperation and collective norms, thus reducing bullying. The research is qualitative, therefore there are possible researcher biases or Hawthorne effects. However, the research cannot measure whether the methods are effective outside of school. Thinking about it chronologically, the research is about 20 years old and other factors, such as policies and monitoring of students are also important. Overall, the strategy is quite effective, but the school should emphasize training of social