BULLYING AS A SOCIO-PSYCHOLOGICAL PHENOMENON IN THE MODERN EDUCATIONAL AREA

Abstract

The article reveals the essence of the concept of “bullying” through the prism of social and psychological-pedagogical phenomenon. Bullying is considered as a socio-psychological phenomenon that occurs once or for a long time in the school community. Such semantic characteristics of bullying as harassment, physical violence, psychological humiliation have been investigated. It has been found that in bullying situations, the child rarely seeks advice and help from adults, which makes it much more difficult to detect such cases. Based on the study and analysis of the scientific literature, we have identified the distinctive features of bullying from conflict or quarrel: systematic action; intentional infliction of physical or psychological harm; the difference between the bully and the victim (physical, social status, health status, etc.); not admitting his guilt. The study identified a number of reasons that lead to bullying in the classroom or school: appearance, success or failure, physical defects, financial status, and so on. In the process of professional and practical preparation of students to the work with children’s group, it is important to teach them to recognize bullying situations and identify all participants in this process. The investion showed that future teachers should not only have theoretical material, but also be ready to act practically in bullying situations. The main components of students’ readiness to work with bullying situations in the educational process are considered: cognitive (knowledge of bullying structure, methods and techniques of influencing participants, prevention), motivational-evaluation (attitude to their work, assessment of their capabilities), operational (situation analysis, mastery of styles of pedagogical communication), emotional (stress resistance, balance, understanding of non-verbal communication of participants), personal (predicting student behavior, self-development).