The Role of Jordanian Secondary School Teachers in Educating Students About Cyber Bullying and the Difficulties They Face in That

Abstract

The study aimed to reveal the role of Jordanian secondary school teachers in educating students about cyber bullying and the difficulties they face in this. In order to achieve the aims of the study, the descriptive survey method was used for its suitability to the nature of this study, and the study adopted a questionnaire developed to collect data, and it was distributed on a random sample that included 173 teachers from Jordanian government schools in the second Amman Directorate, The study found that the role of Jordanian secondary school teachers in educating students about cyber bullying was average, and the results also showed that the difficulties facing them in this came with an average degree, As the most prominent of these difficulties facing the teacher was the fear of the victim of bullying from talking to others that he was bullied. The study recommended the necessity of enhancing the teacher's role in combating the phenomenon of electronic bullying by providing enough time outside classroom classes to educate students and motivate teachers to take this positive role. In addition to encouraging students to disclose the incidents of electronic bullying that they have been exposed to, because students' fear of speaking to others increases the phenomenon and makes it difficult for teachers or parents to deal with.

Keywords: cyberbullying.

DOI: 10.7176/JEP/11-8-15

Publication date:March 31^st 2020