Abstract

Bullying among students is a very old and well-known phenomenon. In the present study, we examine at school level and towards parents the strategy followed by principals of public experimental and non-primary primary schools in Greece in their effort to deal with bullying, in terms of issues related to the proper treatment of the phenomenon. A sample of 11 school principals was the focus of this research. In particular, the population examined were the principals of the three public experimental primary schools of the prefecture of Thessaloniki and eight randomly selected principals of non-experimental public primary schools of the same prefecture. The problem of bullying seems to exist and concern to a great extend the principals of primary education in the prefecture of Thessaloniki who constitute the sample of this research and pursue through their strategy to find appropriate solutions for its immediate and effective treatment. At the same time, these principals follow at a significant degree common practices in dealing with the phenomenon, in their efforts to reduce it or even eliminate it, revealing however significant shortcomings on their part.

Keywords

principals, bullying, coping strategy