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16 - Actions against ijime and net-ijime in Japan

from Part IV - Practical measures to reduce bullying problems

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 April 2016

Peter K. Smith
Affiliation:
Goldsmiths, University of London
Keumjoo Kwak
Affiliation:
Seoul National University
Yuichi Toda
Affiliation:
Osaka Kyoiku University, Japan
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Summary

Strategies and strength of ijime (bullying) prevention in Japan have differed among prefectures and cities. The Japanese Government encouraged ijime-prevention after each media focus on ijime-suicide, however, the lack of specific Acts and strategies may have led to a failure to prevent subsequent tragedies. In recent years, various kinds of intervention programmes to tackle ijime and other problems in schools have been introduced, acculturated and evaluated in schools, supplying options for teachers. These are reviewed. It is argued that to avoid unwilling conflicts among those methods and overloading of teachers, a theoretical framework and system to organise the implementation would be necessary.
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School Bullying in Different Cultures
Eastern and Western Perspectives
, pp. 334 - 349
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2016

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