Welcome to this edition of Researching education: 5 further readings. In this series, we take a look at some further readings available on a particular topic, including open access research papers from various online databases, and Teacher archive content you might not have come across yet.
In this edition of Researching education: 5 further readings, we’re sharing 5 pieces of content on the topic of cyberbullying and online safety. In the below resources, you can read research into the link between cyberbullying and academic achievement, a study into the current anti-bullying practices employed in several Catholic primary schools in NSW, and more.
- Cyberbullying and Student Learning: An Analysis of Student Achievement in Eighth Grade Using TIMSS 2019 Data. ‘The growth in access to and the use of digital technologies has allowed cyberbullying to flourish, allowing perpetrators to remain anonymous and pose significant challenges for detection and remediation.’
This 2023 analysis from the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA) investigates the link between traditional bullying and cyberbullying, as well as the impact of bullying on student achievement.
- Cyberbullying intervention – practical considerations for teachers. Dr Roberta Thompson is a Research Fellow at the Griffith Institute for Educational Research. In this article for Teacher, she discusses strategies to help teachers feel more confident in dealing with cyberbullying, related research findings, and helpful resources.
- Adolescents online: Growing Up in Australia Snapshot Series. In this snapshot, the report’s authors delve into both the benefits and challenges facing a generation of young Australians who are increasingly online.
In this particular report, 2 key issues are examined: adolescents’ attitudes and behaviours online; and connections between use of social networking sites, cyberbullying and mental health across the secondary school years.
- Bullying prevention and mediation: the role of Values Education. This report looks at the results from individual and focus group interviews among teachers, principals and parents – in 3 Catholic primary schools in the Sydney metropolitan area – to identify current anti-bullying practices employed as well as to examine specific values perceived to be relevant by parents and educators in preventing and solving bullying conflicts.
- Evaluating the evidence for educational technology: Part 2 – enabling learning. According to the authors of this AITSL report, ‘Despite the increase in the availability of educational technology (edtech), Australian students’ digital literacy skills have decreased over time. Students need to be taught the skills relevant to acquiring digital literacy: practising digital safety and wellbeing, investigation, creating and exchanging, and managing and operating content.’
The report explores how some individual factors can impact the integration of edtech, and provides some helpful resources for educators.
Teacher editor Jo Earp recently spoke to Edmund Misson, Acting CEO of AITSL, about the effective use of edtech in schools, which you can listen to here.
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