THE CYBERBULLYING VICTIMIZATION OF TEACHERS IN SCHOOLS

Abstract

The aim of this study was to investigate the cyberbullying victimization experienced by teachers who have to use ICT effectively in their professional or social life with both their teaching and learning roles. Mixed research design was used to achieve this aim. The study group consisted of teachers determined by snowball sampling method. The opinions of the teachers were taken by questionnaire method. Correlation analysis, frequency, percentage, and average calculation were used in the analysis of the data collected with Demographic Information and Inventory of Cyberbullying Acts at Work, Descriptive analysis technique was used to analyze the opinions of the teachers about the cyberbullying victims. At the end of the study, it was found that teachers' exposure to cyberbullying behaviors in schools was low. In addition, it was revealed that teachers' emails, phone calls or messages were mostly ignored. Male teachers were more exposed to cyberbullying behaviors than female teachers, but this difference was not significant. While there was a significant, weak and negative relationship between teachers' exposure to cyberbullying behaviors and their ages and seniority, no relationship was found between the year of internet use and the duration of daily internet use. At the end of the research, further studies were suggested to do to increase the awareness of teachers about cyberbullying behaviors.

Keywords

• Cyberbullying
• workplace cyberbullying
• teacher
• school

ÖĞRETMENLERİN OKULLARDAKİ SİBER ZORBALIK MAĞDURİYETLERİ

Öz

Bu araştırmada hem öğreten hem öğrenen hem de araştırmacı rolleri ile mesleki veya sosyal hayatlarında BİT’i etkili kullanmak zorunda olan öğretmenlerin çalıştıkları okullarda yaşadıkları siber zorbalık mağduriyetlerinin incelenmesi amaçlanmıştır. Bu amacı gerçekleştirmek için karma araştırma deseni kullanılmıştır. Araştırmanın çalışma grubunu kartopu örnekleme yöntemi ile belirlenmiş öğretmenler oluşturmuştur. Öğretmenlerin görüşleri anket yöntemi ile alınmıştır. Demografik bilgiler ve İşyeri Siber Zorbalık Davranışları Envanteri ile toplanan verilerin analizinde frekans, yüzde ve ortalama hesaplama ile korelasyon analizi kullanılmıştır. Öğretmenlerin maruz kaldıkları siber zorbalık davranışları ile ilgili görüşlerin analizi için de betimsel analiz tekniği kullanılmıştır. Araştırma sonunda öğretmenlerin çalıştıkları okullarda siber zorbalık davranışlarına maruz kalma düzeylerinin düşük olduğu görülmüştür. Ayrıca öğretmenlerin en çok e-postalarının, telefon görüşmelerinin veya mesajlarının dikkate alınmadığı ortaya çıkmıştır. Erkek öğretmenlerin siber zorbalık davranışlarına kadın öğretmenlere göre daha fazla maruz kaldıkları ancak aradaki bu farkın anlamlı olmadığı saptanmıştır.  Öğretmenlerin siber zorbalık davranışlarına maruz kalma durumları ile yaşları ve kıdemleri arasında anlamlı, zayıf ve negatif ilişki bulunurken internet kullanım yılı ve günlük internet kullanım süresi arasında herhangi bir ilişki tespit edilememiştir. Araştırmanın son bölümünde öğretmenlerin siber zorbalık davranışları konusunda farkındalıklarının artması için daha fazla çalışma yapılması önerilmiştir.

Anahtar Kelimeler

• Siber zorbalık
• işyeri siber zorbalığı
• öğretmen
• okul

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