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11 - Pre-service Teachers’ Understanding of Bullying in Australia and India

Implications for Practice

from Part III - Working with Students and Teachers

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 May 2018

By
Barbara A. Spears ,
Carmel Taddeo ,
Lesley-Anne Ey ,
Alexander Stretton ,
Toby Carslake ,
Colette Langos ,
Damanjit Sandhu  and
Suresh Sundaram
Edited by
Peter K. Smith ,
Suresh Sundaram ,
Barbara A. Spears ,
Catherine Blaya ,
Mechthild Schäfer  and
Damanjit Sandhu
Peter K. Smith
Affiliation:
Goldsmiths, University of London
Suresh Sundaram
Affiliation:
Annamalai University
Barbara A. Spears
Affiliation:
University of South Australia
Catherine Blaya
Affiliation:
Université de Nice, Sophia Antipolis
Mechthild Schäfer
Affiliation:
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munchen
Damanjit Sandhu
Affiliation:
Punjabi University, Patiala
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Bullying, Cyberbullying and Student Well-Being in Schools
Comparing European, Australian and Indian Perspectives
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Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2018

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