From Bullying to Belonging: Teachers' Role in Peace-building in Primary Schools
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https://doi.org/10.63062/tk/2k25a.41048Keywords:
Bullying, Peace-Building, Primary Schools, Teachers RoleAbstract
Primary schools can be transformed From Bullying to Belonging: Teachers' Role in Peace-building in Primary Schools. By cultivating inclusive classrooms, encouraging empathy, putting conflict resolution techniques into practice teachers may reduce aggressiveness and create constructive peer relationships. Their proactive measures such restorative practices and anti-bullying initiatives, encourages students to value diversity and respect from one another. The purpose of this research was to identify the types of bullying, causes of bullying, effects of bullying and teachers’ role to address and control bullying with effective interventions. In this descriptive research the data was collected through sampling. The population of this study was the teachers of Tehsil Attock. And the sample size of this study consisted of 220 teachers and 10 head teachers. The findings of this study were to explore different types of bullying in different public schools’ system. The social emotional-learning and teacher-led conflict resolution strengthen student’s sense of belonging and substantially reduce bullying incidents. The study comes to the conclusion that offering teachers peace-building training improves school climate, fostering long-term accordance and the welfare of students. Teachers generally think that to create a healthy environment in schools is essential part of students development, mental health and academic achievements.
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