A Study of Pre-Service Information and Communication Teachers’ Efficacy Levels for Analyzing and Responding to Cyberbullying Cases

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Melike Kavuk Sanser Bulu Hafize Keser

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This case study was conducted to investigate efficacy levels of preservice Information and Communication Teachers’ to identify, prevent and intervene to cyberbullying cases. Fifty participants were interviewed and 56 cyberbullying cases, which the participants experienced or witnessed, were collected to evaluate their cyberbullying readiness. Based on the content analysis and the expert ratings, preservice teachers found to have problems for identifying cyberbullying cases, suggesting appropriate prevention strategies for cyberbullying, judging intervention strategies, and suggesting appropriate intervention methods.   Keywords: cyberbullying, cyber solisitation, bullying prevention, bullying intervention, preservice teacher traning 

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KAVUK, Melike; BULU, Sanser; KESER, Hafize. A Study of Pre-Service Information and Communication Teachers’ Efficacy Levels for Analyzing and Responding to Cyberbullying Cases. World Journal on Educational Technology: Current Issues, [S.l.], v. 8, n. 2, p. 91-97, july 2016. ISSN 1309-0348. Available at: <http://sproc.org/ojs/index.php/wjet/article/view/551>. Date accessed: 02 dec. 2017. doi: https://doi.org/10.18844/wjet.v8i2.551.
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