Drama Against Cyberbullying: Fiction as a Preventative Tool in Class Meetings

• In Event: Poster Session 15
  In Poster Session: Drama Against Cyber-Bullying: Fiction as a Preventative Tool in Class Meetings

Abstract

In 2014, 4 percent of pupils aged 9 to 16 in Norwegian schools said they have experienced cyber bullying more than once in a month (Medietilsynet, 2014). One of the curriculum-based activities in cyber bullying prevention could be class meeting by applying drama methods. The action research design was applied in order to improve the cyber bullying preventative work in the class meetings. Totally, 94 10th graders aged 16, participated in one of the four educational settings. Participants have taken part in various drama and theater techniques in order to illuminate several aspects of a cyber bullying situation. In a role as teachers, parents and pupils, they have developed a deeper insight into this phenomenon and its prevention.

Authors

• Dziuginta Baraldsnes, Western Norway University of Applied Sciences

• Mette Bøe Lyngstad, Western Norway University of Applied Sciences