• The Words Remain Inside Project: Bulling Stops Here!
    Posted on January 1, 2013

    The Words Remain Inside: Bullying Stops Here! will address critical and recent tragic incidents that have occurred between students and teachers or among children within a classroom setting and beyond. The presentation will educate teachers on how to distinguish what is teasing and bullying and knowing the signs that could prevent further untimely deaths. The presentation will have concept-based learning approaches coupled with project based learning. Each participant will create a puppet that will concretely represent what words can do: hurt, cause conflict and unfortunately marinate inside. Hence, this project- based learning can easily be replicated in each teacher’s classroom and address different kind of conflicts in the classroom, school, or home. According to Smith, Cowie and Blades (2011); “Conflict can be unpleasant in short term and if repeated patterns of pervasive behavior, may be detrimental” (p. 164). Some critical incidents that are encountered between children in the classrooms or school could be avoided or thwarted if the proper professional development is implemented and educators become aware of what detriment persistent taunting does. Educators should make it their aim to redirect student’s anteceding triggers or taunts before the students become despondent and withdrawn.